The Giver

Poor Jonas, between snow and pain. The story is about a boy living in a reality where people have very controlled lives, and at Eleven you find out your future Assignment/job. His is The Receiver of Memory, which is to find out all memories of time from back and back and back, of things that no longer exist in their lives, such as war, hunger, thunderstorms and sickness, colors and Christmas celebrations. He finds out there's much more to it than that, though...