The Giver by Lois Lowry Chapters 5-8

A few days before the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas dreamed about his crush, Fiona, and is medicated with pills to prevent his "stirrings". Jonas described his dream as a strong "wanting". He recalls something the speakers had said about their parents preventing their child stirrings. The next day, Jonas and Lily talk about some of their major accomplishments each year, and they mention Caleb, which was a "loss", the people on the commuity say that a loss is extremely rare around. Baby Caleb was lost due to a bad nurturing of his father, leading Caleb to fall into the river. After that same night it was finally Ceremony of Twelve's. The first kid to come into the stage was Asher, and they made him remember his childhood. It was Fiona´s turn after a while, but once she was off-stage, Jonas noticed that he was skipped, Jonas was really worried, he thought what he did wrong and kept reflecting and wondering after the end of the ceremony, then Jonas is finally called up on stage. The Chief Elder gave a speech, saying how Jonas was different and special towards this community. At the end of the day, Jonas was given a very special assignment as "Reciever".