#5 The Giver by Lois Lowry (Graphic Novel Adaptation)
Jonas lives in a perfect society where Sameness rules. The Elders make all the decisions - from who is assigned to be your spouse, to what "newchild" you are assigned to have (one male, one female per household), to what job you have. No one is unhappy, no one sees colors, no one even has memories of a time before Sameness. Jonas doesn't even realize this until he is selected to be the next Receiver of Memory and learns what it was like, back when people had choices (some bad, some good) and love in their lives.
I've read the Giver numerous times. It's been one of my favorites since I first read it as an 8th grader. This graphic novel adaptation was dead on faithful to the original and the illustrations were gratifyingly on-point with what I always imagined Jonas and his world to look like. (MUCH more so than that pretty awful movie they made where it was all futuristic and sci-fiy.)
