Mirrors were rare in the community; they weren’t forbidden, but there was no real need of them, and Jonas had simply never bothered to look at himself very often even when he found himself in a location where a mirror existed.

Jonas was shocked. A name designated Not-to-Be-Spoken indicated the highest degree of disgrace. "What happened to her?" he asked nervously.

Then she went on. ''Jonas has been selected."

"It's the memories of the whole world,'' he said with a sigh. ''Before you, before me, before the previous Receiver, and generations before him.''

Name the 5 qualities a Receiver should have

If you don't fit in, you can apply for Elsewhere and be released. My mother says that once, about ten years ago

Desperately, the Pilot has been trying to make his way back before his error was noticed. Needless to say, he will be released…

Jonas thought about it. The details were murky and vague. But the feelings were clear, and flooded him again now as he thought. “The wanting,” he said

But suddenly Jonas had noticed, following the path of the apple through the air with his eyes, that the piece of fruit had — well, this was the part that he couldn’t adequately understand — the apple had changed

But the most conspicuous difference was the books. In his own dwelling, there were the necessary reference volumes that each household contained

“I don’t know. They acted like . . . like ...” “Animals?” Jonas suggested. He laughed. “That’s right,” Lily said, laughing too.

She began to describe this year's group and its variety of personalities, though she singled no one out by name. She mentioned that there was one who had singular skills...He heard nothing that he recognized as himself, Jonas.