Gathering Blue [Paperback]

Lois Lowry won her first Newbery Medal in 1994 forThe Giver.Six years later, she ushered readers back into its mysterious but plausible future world inGathering Blueto tell the story of Kira, orphaned, physically flawed, and left with an uncertain future. This second book in the Giver Quartet has been stunningly redesigned in paperback.

As she did inThe Giverand laterMessenger,inGathering BlueLois Lowry challenges readers to imagine what our world could become, how people could evolve, and what could be considered valuable.

The second book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet tells the story of Kira, orphaned, physically flawed, and left with an uncertain future.

Lowry returns to the metaphorical future world of her Newbery-winning The Giver. . . . Plenty of material for thought and discussion here, plus a touch of magic and a tantalizing hint about the previous book’s famously ambiguous ending. (6/15/00) Kirkus Reviews with Pointers

Lowry is a master at creating worlds, both real and imagined, and this incarnation of our civilization some time in the future is one of her strongest creations. —Booklist, starred review (6/1/00) Booklist, ALA, Starred Review

“Mother?” There was no reply. She hadn’t expected one. Her mother had been dead now for four days, and Kira could tell that the last of the spirit was drifting away. “Mother.” She said it again, quietly, to whatever was leaving. She thought that she could feel its leavetaking, the way one could feel a small whisper l‡