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Also by Lois Lowry:

The Giver, July 2014
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Son, October 2012
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The Willoughbys, April 2008
Hardcover
Gossamer, May 2006
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Messenger, April 2004
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Gathering Blue, September 2002
Paperback

Gathering Blue
Lois Lowry

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.

The Trilogy #2
Laurel Leaf
September 2002
224 pages
ISBN: 0440229499
Paperback
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Young Adult | Fantasy

"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.

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