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Gathering Blue
 

Gathering Blue

by Lois Lowry

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 ... (read more)

Top tags: young adult,  fantasy,  dystopia,  fiction,  lois lowry (all tags)

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  • Carrie N

    carrie n said:

    “i loved both the giver and gathering blue but people keep telling me i should and shouldnt read the messenger.... so any opinions would help me.”

    posted Friday, August 15 2008
  • maibologna

    maibologna said:

    “I liked this one better than the giver, although they are both really good. Interesting how Lowry made them about the same major "catastrophic" event happening and the different ways society could evolve. I didn't like the messenger as well. Something about these reminds me a little of Lord of the Flies, I guess because we always wonder what would happen if all the previous ways of living were thrown out the window and we had to start fresh.”

    posted Thursday, April 24 2008
  • Kacey G

    kacey g said:

    “This was a great book, although not as fulfulling as The Giver. Good, quick read though.”

    posted Wednesday, April 16 2008
  • Jonathen B

    jonathen b said:

    “Being left as an orphan toughened her up as opposed to if she had been pampered her whole life.”

    posted Wednesday, April 9 2008
  • katieisme25

    katieisme25 said:

    “Great, thanks!”

    posted Friday, December 22 2006
  • elise

    elise said:

    “The third book in what I will call this trilogy (though I'm not really sure that the three books qualify under this term) is called Messenger. In Messenger, it's quite clear where Jonas ends up.”

    posted Thursday, December 21 2006
  • katieisme25

    katieisme25 said:

    “The VIllage Of Healing

    Anyone else think that maybe that's where Jonas from "The Giver" ended up? Also, someone told me that there's a sequel to this (not The Giver). Anyone know what it's called? Thanks, just wanted to bring that up.”

    posted Wednesday, December 20 2006
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