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Gathering Blue is a young adult-dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry and was published on September 25, 2000. A companion book to The Giver (1993), it is set in the same future time period and universe, treats some of the same themes, and is followed by Messenger (2004) and Son (2012) in The Giver Quartet .
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Gathering Blue is the 2nd book in the Giver quartet. It follows a girl named Kira. Kira is a girl with a twisted leg who lives in a more primitive society where people who cannot work die. Her only friend is a boy named Matt, a one syllable boy. She has been kept alive by her mother, and, when her mother dies, is brought before the Council of Guard...
Kira- a girl who was born with a deformed leg, has a gift in weaving, after her mother's death was put in Council Edifice.
Gathering Blue was originally a separate book. At the end, Lowry saw how she could connect it to the Giver.Sep 1, 2000 · Gathering Blue. Lois Lowry. 3.82. 194,481 ratings13,428 reviews. In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It is a society ruled by savagery and deceit that shuns and discards the weak. Left orphaned and physically flawed, young Kira faces a frightening, uncertain future.
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Gathering Blue is a dystopian novel by Lois Lowry about a girl named Kira who is a weaver and a singer in a village where the sick and weak are left to die. She discovers a secret about the Council of Guardians who control the village and the Singer who sings the Ruin Song.
Learn about the themes, characters, and plot of Lois Lowry's dystopian novel Gathering Blue, the second book in The Giver Quartet. Find book summaries, analysis, quotes, and more on SparkNotes.
Sep 25, 2000 · A compelling examination of a future society, Gathering Blue challenges readers to think about community, creativity, and the values that they have learned...
Mar 5, 2013 · Gathering Blue (Giver Quartet) (Giver Quartet, 2) Paperback – March 5, 2013. by Lois Lowry (Author) 4.5 8,753 ratings. Teachers' pick. See all formats and editions. The second book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver.
