Once again Lois Lowry brings readers on a provocative journey that inspires contemplation long after the last page is turned. Once again Lois Lowry brings readers on a provocative journey that inspires contemplation long after the last page is turned. A compelling examination of a future society, Gathering Blue challenges readers to think about community, creativity, and the values that they have learned to accept. Gathering Blue is set sometime in the future, following the end of civilization as we know it. On her quest for truth, Kira discovers things that will change her life and world forever.Ī compelling examination of a future society, Gathering Blue challenges readers to think about community, creativity, and the values that they have learned to accept. The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son (The Giver Quartet) - Kindle edition by Lowry, Lois. Gathering Blue is the second book in Lois Lowry’s The Giver Quartet, which began with the award-winning The Giver (1993) and also includes Gathering Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012). The second book in Lois Lowrys Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning The Giver.Left orphaned and physically flawed in a.

Blessed with an almost magical talent that keeps her alive, the young girl faces new responsibilities and a set of mysteries deep within the only world she has ever known. In a world where physical differences are shunned. But the Council, to her surprise, has plans for her. Gathering Blue, the second in the Giver quartet by Lois Lowry, follows the story of Kira, an orphaned girl. When she is summoned to judgement by The Council of Guardians, Kira prepares to fight for her life. Her neighbors are hostile and no one but a small boy offers to help.

Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future.

Her mother had been dead, now, for four days, and Kira could tell that the last of the spirit was drifting away.

The giver gathering blue