I think 'The Giver' is such a moral book, so filled with important truths, that I couldn't believe anyone would want to suppress it, to keep it from kids.

Behind him,across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.

It's just that... without the memories it's all meaningless.

His thoughts seemed to be elsewhere, and his eyes were very troubled.

I don't for one second think about the possibility of censorship when I am writing a new book. I know I am a person who cares about kids and who cares about truth and I am guided by my own instincts, and trust them.

I think teens are drawn to these speculative books that portray what might happen and what could happen.