One boring summer day my boring mother came from my boring school and gave me a boring paper saying I have to read The Boring Giver. 
 It was boring. 
 So, 12 year old Jonas was picked to be the Receiver of Memories, or picked to know what happened and what was in the past before this dumb society was made. That basically means he's going to be training to be a human encyclopedia, because apparently encyclopedias in book form are too mainstream for this dystopian society. SO, Jonas receives the "memories" from the Giver, (you should have seen that coming..) a weird old guy. 
 Does this actually sound the least bit interesting to you? 
 I don't understand why so many people like this book. It's incredibly creepy. Whenever someone's feeling sad the other people go to that person and...*shiver* Just because a book is a classic doesn't mean that book is actually GOOD. I know this now.