Covering the Newbery (#73): The Giver
1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Original Cover:
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Up next week: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
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Filed under: Covering the Newbery, Covers
About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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I am so used to seeing the original cover that I can’t imagine it any other way.