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false <![CDATA[Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166512764m/12936.jpg 12936 24 Lois Lowry's magnificent novel of the distant future, The Giver, is set in a highly technical and emotionally repressed society. This eagerly awaited companion volume, by contrast, takes place in a village with only the most rudimentary technology, where anger, greed, envy, and casual cruelty make ordinary people's lives short and brutish. This society, like the one portrayed in The Giver, is controlled by merciless authorities with their own complex agendas and secrets. And at the center of both stories there is a young person who is given the responsibility of preserving the memory of the culture--and who finds the vision to transform it. Kira, newly orphaned and lame from birth, is taken from the turmoil of the village to live in the grand Council Edifice because of her skill at embroidery. There she is given the task of restoring the historical pictures sewn on the robe worn at the annual Ruin Song Gathering, a solemn day-long performance of the story of their world's past. Down the hall lives Thomas the Carver, a young boy who works on the intricate symbols carved on the Singer's staff, and a tiny girl who is being trained as the next Singer. Over the three artists hovers the menace of authority, seemingly kind but suffocating to their creativity, and the dark secret at the heart of the Ruin Song. With the help of a cheerful waif called Matt and his little dog, Kira at last finds the way to the plant that will allow her to create the missing color--blue--and, symbolically, to find the courage to shape the future by following her art wherever it may lead. With astonishing originality, Lowry has again created a vivid and unforgettable setting for this thrilling story that raises profound questions about the mystery of art, the importance of memory, and the centrality of love. (Ages 10 and older) --Patty Campbell 2134456 book 2000 Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) total:8185|5:2063|4:3234|3:2233|2:543|1:112| 8185 31148 10839 1042 2 7 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 07:01:52 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 08:43:39 -0800 2008
I read this book as a companion to "The Giver," and I was pretty disappointed. The underlying sense of unease and the tense pacing that makes the Giver so fantastic just isn't present in "Gathering Blue."

Part of this, is ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 23:29:10 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 23:08:49 -0700 2008 If you want to know what the book is about, read the synopsis. I stopped doing book reports when I was in grade school. If you want to know what I thought of the book, read on

Wow, what a well written little story. Little in the sense it isn't long but there is a wonderful sense of econom...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Nov 04 15:10:42 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 15:15:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 14:08:46 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:58:13 -0700 2009 The Giver did not do me any favors. The problem is that The Giver is so darn good that any "companion" would not live up to it. This is what happened.

One problem is that there isn't a whole lot going on. Kira leads us thr...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 15 19:31:56 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 13 16:28:57 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jul 12 13:23:05 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 13:25:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 13 19:27:23 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 19:32:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:00:50 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:25:05 -0700 2009 1 The Giver this summer and was again enthralled. I hadn't read this book since high school so to read it again now as a mother and a wife just gave the book a new perspective.

At the end of The Giver I saw a review of Gathering Blue as a companion book and I went to the library t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 05:50:18 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 06:09:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 14:32:27 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:34:21 -0700 2009 Gathering Blue took an interesting take on what the future of earth might end...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 21:41:22 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 22:01:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:21:52 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:33:08 -0700 2009 The Little Bookworm

Kira is orphaned, but the village is not eager to keep her. With her twisted leg, she is considered worthless. After a dispute with a local woman, Kira is taken in by the Council of Edifice for her threading talent. She is given the task of fixing...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 18:09:54 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 18:30:27 -0700 2009 The Giver I can't really tell if this is the future after the future from The Giver, or an alternate universe type of thing.

Another good read from Lois Lowry, though not quite as enjoyable as The Giver. This is sort of post-apocalyptic. The lame and otherwise...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:15:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:22:35 -0700 2009 1
That is one little kernel of love that I just had to quote from someone else who reviewed this book. She didn't like it very much, and I definitely respect h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:20:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 09:36:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 15:50:12 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 15:47:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 19:29:21 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 18:51:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Mar 25 15:22:56 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 12:26:04 -0700 2009 This book was the worst I don’t even thing I got pass the first page without falling asleep. I really couldn’t relate to this book because I didn’t understand it. Wait does that even count as read the book even if I didn’t understand want in the world I was reading? I don’t really k...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:54:35 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 06:49:07 -0700 2009
Like many others, I enjoyed The Giver when I read it. There is something magical and haunting about that book that doesn't leave you when you turn the last page.

This book didn't have that same effect on me. Lowry's descriptions wer...more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 18:04:01 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 19:13:02 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12936