The Giver

In the same genre as The Hunger Games and Divergent, The Giver is about a utopian society. In this world, society is organised by ages, and people are assigned roles. In this world there is no hunger, no pain, no war or choice. We discover this society through the story of Jonas. He lives happily with his mother and father and sister Lily. The story starts just before Jonas' twelfth ceremony, so we come to know what life is like before he encounters the Giver. When Jonas is twelve he is assigned his role. The role of receiver. He alone is trained by the Giver to be the holder of memories. Once assigned there is no going back.

I loved this story and only discovered, now that I have finished reading it, it is one of four books about this society... I am going to have to go out now and see if my local library has any other titles in this series. Highly recommended!