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Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2)
Gathering Blue - Giver, Bk 2
Author: Lois Lowry
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 sur...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780618055814
ISBN-10: 0618055819
Publication Date: 10/1/2000
Pages: 215
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 33 ratings
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2) on
Helpful Score: 8
This book is the second in the trilogy which also includes The Giver and Messenger. I read The Giver, a Newbery book, earlier this year and absolutely loved it. This book doesn't really continue where The Giver left off, but Messenger takes place after both stories and with characters from each.

Kira is a girl who has just lost her mother to sickness. She is very distraught as it has been her mother who has protected her from the community. Kira has a bad leg, and everyone in the village with any kind of defect or deformity must leave the protected area and contend with "the beasts" outside of it.

As she goes back to her small house, the women around her make it known that they want her property as a place for their own children and animals. A legal proceeding takes place which decides the matter. Will she have to leave the community and contend with "the beasts", or will an exception be made?

Recommended highly, but make sure you read The Giver before you read Messenger.
JustJen avatar reviewed Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2) on + 75 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Very good companion book to The Giver. Both books are listed for teens but I do believe they are a great read for anyone. Hard to put down.
reviewed Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is a FANTASTIC book! It is a companion to The Giver which I have not yet read but want to. Though it is a book intended for younger readers (approx. 3rd grade or so) I enjoyed it very much as an adult. I highly recommend it.
TeaWithMe avatar reviewed Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2) on + 31 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Gathering Blue is the second book in a 3 book series that started with The Giver, a fascinating, startling book. While the first two books appear to have no relation to each other, the third and final book, The Messenger, ties thm all together beautifully. Fantastic set of books.
reviewed Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2) on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book is my favorite of all Lowry's novels. Poler opposite society from what the reader saw in the Giver. Gathering Blue is a sequel to The Giver.
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reviewed Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2) on + 82 more book reviews
An interesting and enjoyable book.
reviewed Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2) on
Gathering Blue is a wonderful sequel to Lowry's The Giver. Though it is quite different from The Giver and does not build from the its predecessor, Gathering Blue uses the same colorful imagination and creativity that captures your attention as you journey with Kira, the cripple girl who has defeated the odds of life and whose future is more important than she even knows. Lowry will leave you wanting more at the end and the story draws you in with its sense of adventure and uncertainty of the future.
sarahchild avatar reviewed Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2) on + 4 more book reviews
Good book. This will appeal to anyone artistically minded and gifted. I felt the reading level was a bit low for me (read it in my early 20s), but the story was still good.


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