Gathering Blue (The Giver Quartet #2)

Reader reviewed by Diana

Gathering Blue, written in the style of the Giver. Is a story of a young girl, Kira, in a utilitarian society. Kira has excellent sewing skills.
After her mother passes away she is recruited by the goverment to begin sewing the cloak of the singer. This is an extremly important job and is very honorable. This book goes through her struggles and shows her coming to terms with her new life and her mothers death.

If you liked the Giver or the Messenger you will really enjoy this book too.

Reader reviewed by Dortha

This was an awesome book about a girl with a twisted leg and no parents. She has a talent of sewing as is given the task of repairing the singers robe. She makes many friends who are realistic charecters and if you read and liked The GIver you will love this sequal!!!

Reader reviewed by chrissy

Gathering Blue is the tale of Kira, a young girl orphaned in a heartless, uncaring society. Kira's mother has died of a sudden illness, and, after the customary four days in the Fields watching her mother's body as the spirit left, the girl returns to their home only to find it burned to the ground and the land claimed by another woman. Kira's father died before she was born and her mother had only been allowed to keep the baby because her grandfather was an important person in their community. In this community, strength and work are very important, and someone like Kira, who was born with a physical disability, was usually taken from her family and left to die in the Fields. This culture where no one attempted to help even a family member, much less a neighbor, is what Kira faces after her mother's death.

Kira is not like other young girls, though. Her mother has taught her how to sew and weave and she has demonstrated a natural talent for weaving life into simple threads. The Counsel of Guardians recognizes this talent and takes her under their protective wing. The Counsel provides food and shelter to her in exchange for embroidery work on the robes of the Singer, the storyteller and history-holder of the village. It is here that Kira meets Thomas the Carver and young Jo. She is also visited regularly by Matt, who is several years younger and of a much lower station in life. This young boy becomes Kira's strength and constant source of amusement and laughter

Reader reviewed by Nina Elodie

this is a relly good book. if you like this book you should read the giver

Reader reviewed by anonymous

This book is very good, especially if you like deep books that really get inside your soul. Towards the end of the book, the author starts revealing little pieces of information that really make you think and then something else will happen that changes everything, but although a lot happened the author managed to still describe everything in wonderful detail. I don't like science fiction, but this one was great. I would recommend it for ages 10-13.