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Film Review: ‘The Giver’ Takes Too Much From Young Adult Formula

Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 15, 2014 - 5:19am

CHICAGO – “The Giver” must have seemed a lot newer back when it was written than it does now. The Newberry Medal winning, middle school staple predates many other Young Adult series about oppressive big brother-ish societies.

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Film Review: ‘The Giver’ Takes Too Much From Young Adult Formula

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