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Bradburn, Frances. "Middle Books for Fourth through Eighth Graders." Wilson Library Bulletin 68 (1993): 122- 123, 126. Bradburn suggests that The Giver is excellent science fiction for young readers and that it is more subtle and more straightforward than Louise Lawrence's Keeper of the Universe (1993).
Campbell, Patty. "The Sand in the Oyster." Horn Book 69 (1993): 717- 721. A detailed analysis of The Giver, noting Lowry's growth as a writer and comparing the novel to David Skinner's You Must Kiss a Whale (1993). Campbell comments on...
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