The ferryman (not)

In the world where Jonas lives, war, poverty, unemployment, divorce do not exist. Inequality does not exist. Disobedience and revolt do not exist. Harmony reigns in the family cells carefully constituted by the committee of wise men. People who are too old, as well as unfit newborns, are "released", no one knows exactly what that means. In the community, only one person truly holds the knowledge. She alone knows what the world was like when there were still animals, when the human eye could see colors, when people fell in love. When Jonas is twelve years old, he will be assigned, like all children his age, his future function in the community. Jonas does not yet know that he is unique...
 Lois Lowry (Author)