Across
- 3. The special room where Jonas meets The Giver.
- 5. The voice that makes public announcements.
- 6. Jonas’s friend assigned to work at the House of the Old.
- 8. UNIT A group formed by the Elders, not biological.
- 10. The first weather Jonas experiences through memory.
- 12. Rules Jonas receives for his Receiver duties.
- 16. The failed Receiver who requested release.
- 17. The Elder who holds the community’s memories.
- 20. The ceremony where children receive their job assignments.
- 21. OF OPEN RECORDS Place where Jonas looks up information on release.
- 22. The newchild Jonas’s family cares for.
- 24. The standard expected for language in the community.
- 25. The job given to each child at the Ceremony of Twelve.
- 26. The mysterious place beyond the community.
- 28. A leader who governs and makes decisions for the community.
- 29. Annual event where children receive age-specific privileges.
Down
- 1. The protagonist chosen as Receiver of Memory.
- 2. Feelings suppressed by medication.
- 4. The community’s euphemism for euthanasia.
- 7. Jonas’s father’s occupation caring for infants.
- 9. What Jonas receives during his training.
- 11. OBJECT Stuffed animal given to young children.
- 13. Term for infants in the Nurturing Center.
- 14. Jonas’s best friend who struggles with precise language.
- 15. The principle that removes difference and choice.
- 18. HOURS Required service before the Ceremony of Twelve.
- 19. Medication taken to stop stirrings.
- 23. Boundary of the community where a child once drowned.
- 24. EYES Physical trait shared by Jonas, Gabriel, and The Giver.
- 27. The object in Jonas’s first memory of snow.