Gathering Blue


by Lois Lowry (Author)

Book Cover for Gathering Blue

   Book 2   
Pages: 224
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Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside. She fears for her future until she is spared by the all-powerful Council of Guardians. Kira is a gifted weaver and is given a task that no other community member can do.

While her talent keeps her alive and brings certain privileges, Kira soon realizes she is surrounded by many mysteries and secrets. No one must know of her plans to uncover the truth about her world and see what places exist beyond.

Unlike the technologically advanced but emotionally repressed society presented in Lowry's highly-acclaimed novel 'The Giver,' Kira's people have access to only the most rudimentary technology. Her world is one where anger, greed, envy, and casual cruelty make ordinary people's lives short and brutish. But this society, like the one portrayed in 'The Giver,' is controlled by merciless authorities with their own complex agendas and secrets.

Recognition: Massachusetts Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Literature (2001); Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2003)

Giver Quartet Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: Giver Quartet
Reading level: 11+
Books in series: 4
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: dystopian  fantasy  culture  friendship  family 

 Print series book list

Books in series order

1.   The Giver  (1993)
2.   Gathering Blue  (2000)
3.   Messenger  (2004)
4.   Son  (2012)