Reading is the most important way to prepare for life.

I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.

Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying.

I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.

Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with difference. We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others.

People in the know say The Giver was the first young adult dystopian novel.

It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.