Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

Falsely accused of theft and murder, a thirteen-year-old orphaned peasant boy in 14th century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.