The Giver #[nn]

Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning novel gets a thoughtful graphic novel treatment in this 2019 Houghton Mifflin adaptation, with the cover by P. Craig Russell presenting a striking image of a young figure on a bicycle rendered in crisp silhouette, reflected below as a distorted, colorful mirror image against a globe-like surface. The contrast between the stark white silhouette above and the vivid, fragmented reflection below hints at themes of sameness versus difference that define the original story's world. With Russell also contributing to the interior art alongside Galen Showman, Scott Hampton, and colorist Lovern Kindzierski, this adaptation brings genuine craft and care to a beloved work of literature.