From: Eliza T. Dresang <edresang>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 00:56:05 -0400

For the past two semesters, I have assigned *The GIver* to the required master's level class on Management of Information Organizations that I teach here in the School of Information Studies at Florida State. It is a part of our discussion of information policy and the impact of limited access to information.


The first time I assigned it, one student e-mailed me and asked if he had made a mistake, saying the only book he could find by that title was a young adult novel. Many students (after completing the assignment) have expressed their interest in and gratitude for reading it.


Eliza Dresang

Associate Professor

Florida State University

School of Information Studies


 I think we have teachers to thank to a great extent for The Giver crossing over. I have often heard of teachers assigning it to classes and suggesting that parents and children read it together.

Christine M. Hill
Received on Tue 08 Jun 1999 11:56:05 PM CDT