This week, we discuss Lois Lowry’s The Giver!
In this episode, we read and watched:
- The original novel, originally published in 1993. Buy it on Amazon or iBooks.
- The 2014 movie, directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Brenton Thwaites, Meryl Streep, and Jeff Bridges. Watch it on Amazon or iTunes.
Footnotes:
- The Island (2005)
- The Weinstein Company
- Walden Media
- “I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.”
- Screenwriters Robert B. Weide and Michael Mitnick
- Pleasantville (1998)
- Stellar Skateboard
- The Giver panel at San Diego Comic Con 2014
- The Giver trailer on YouTube
- Baraka and Samsara