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 "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 ... Now she was all alone.
Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns
and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future.
Her neighbors are hostile and no one but a small boy offers to help.
When she is summoned to judgement by The Council of Guardians, Kira
prepares to fight for her life. But the Council, to her surprise,
has plans for her. 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. On her
quest for truth, Kira discovers things that will change her life
and world forever. 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. Once again Lois
Lowry brings readers on a provocative journey that inspires contemplation
long after the last page is turned.
"This
extraordinary novel is remarkable for its fully realized characters,
gripping plot, and Lowry's singular vision of a future..."
--VOYA
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The
Trilogy books
THE
GIVER At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from
a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive
special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of
the true joys and pain of life.
GATHERING BLUE In this
speculation on the nature of the future of human society, life in
Kira's community is nasty, brutish, and, for the ill or disabled,
short.
MESSENGER
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver"
and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian
community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power
that he cannot explain or understand.
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