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Available
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Publication
Laurel-Leaf (2002), Edition: Reprint, 179 pages
Description
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1995)
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Honor — Fiction — 1993)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 1996)
Soaring Eagle Book Award (First runner-up — 1996)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 1995)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Honor — 1995)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1996)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 1996)
Mythopoeic Awards (Finalist — Children's Literature — 1994)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Winner — 1996)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — Winner — 1997)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1995)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 1995)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1996)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Winner — Youth — 1996)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 1997)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1996)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 1994)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Winner — 1996)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)
Garden State Teen Book Award (Winner — Grades 6-8 — 1996)
Nevada Young Readers' Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 1995)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 1994)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 1995)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2007)
Land Of Enchantment Book Award (Winner — Children's — 1997)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Winner — Middle School — 1996)
Golden Archer Award (Winner — 1996)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 1995)
Surrey Schools’ Book of the Year (Winner — 1996)
Kid's Choice Award (Nominee — 1998)
Maine Student Book Award (Winner — 1995)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1994)
CCBC Choices (1993)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (11th Edition: 1993-1995)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 1992-1994)
Notable Children's Book (1994)
Teacher Favorites Award (1994-1996)
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Original publication date
1993
ISBN
0440237688 / 9780440237686