Kira, the main character in Gathering Blue. Contents 1 History 1.1 Gathering Blue 1.2 Messenger 1. Made into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Alexander Skarsgard, and Brenton Thwaites. Gathering Blue is set in a village that is very dissimilar to the community which Jonas leaves at the end of The Giver. Kira is the main protagonist of the second book in The Giver Quartet, Gathering Blue, also appearing in Messenger and Son as a secondary character. Lois Lowrys Gathering Blue continues the quartet beginning with the quintessential dystopian novel, The Giver, followed by Messenge r and Son. "A powerful and provocative novel" (The New York Times).
Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside.
Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price. The companion novel to the Newbery Medal winner, The Giver. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Signed by the author in the Giver, “But perhaps it was only an echo Lois Lowry.” Each other volume is signed by Lois Lowry on the title page. The Giver, Messenger, Gathering Blue, Son.įirst edition of each work in the author’s Giver Quartet.
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