Which young-adult novel by Lois Lowry won the 1994 Newbery Medal?

Lois Lowry’s young-adult novel The Giver won the 1994 Newbery Medal.

The Giver is set in a highly controlled community that has eliminated pain, war, and most personal choice by enforcing Sameness. Twelve-year-old Jonas is selected to become the community’s Receiver of Memory, a role that exposes him to experiences and emotions hidden from everyone else.

The American Library Association awarded Lowry the Newbery Medal in 1994. The medal honors an outstanding contribution to American literature for children, and the award helped establish The Giver as a major work of modern children’s and young-adult fiction.

The Giver is often confused with Lowry’s other acclaimed novels. Number the Stars won the 1990 Newbery Medal, while Gathering Blue and Messenger are companion novels in the same broader quartet. The books share thematic connections, but The Giver is the title associated with the 1994 medal.