The Giver

The Giver is a dystopian novel set in a society that appears to be utopian at first but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. The story follows a 12-year-old boy named Jonas who is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the past memories of the time before Sameness, in case they are ever needed to aid in decisions that others lack the knowledge to make.