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. Blessed with an almost magical talent that keeps her alive, she struggles with ever broadening responsibilities in her quest for truth, discovering things that … will change her life forever.
As she did in THE GIVER, Lowry challenges readers to imagine what our world could become, how people could evolve, and what could be considered valuable. Every reader will be taken by Kira’s plight and will long ponder her haunting world and the hope for the future.
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I had NO idea this was part of The Giver Series when I read it. But I LOVED it so much!
I read this story with my class over twenty years ago, so the book is not fresh in my mind. However, I do remember being fascinated by this sequel to The Giver, which I also read with my class. Lois Lowry is indeed an inspirational writer.
An Enjoyable Story but Incomplete
Gathering Blue is called a ‘companion’ to another Lowry book, The Giver. I have reviewed each of the three related books. Gathering Blue is set after The Giver and before another Lowry book, Messenger. All three books are connected but have different protagonists.
Gathering Blue is a darker, dystopian tale, …
Other than being a similar world dynamic, this book has very little to do with The Giver. I did notice, however, that the Singer is much like what The Receiver was in the other book. Which would make The Singer equal to The Giver, and Jo equal to Jonas. This one kept me a little confused as to what was truly going on behind the scenes up until the …
Great book Louis is good this is better than the first.