Gathering Blue

I read this book when I was on bed rest in May. It's not as good as The Giver, but its worth reading.

Not as good as The Giver, but really good!

The 2nd in the loose trilogy of "The Giver" brings us to a much different world than that of Jonas'. I did enjoy this book. Lois Lowry has a gift for character developement. You become so invested in these people...as in The Giver, I was sad when it ended...wanted to know what happended next?? I wonder what Messenger will bring. Answers to questions left from her two previous...more

The 2nd in the loose trilogy of "The Giver" brings us to a much different world than that of Jonas'. I did enjoy this book. Lois Lowry has a gift for character developement. You become so invested in these people...as in The Giver, I was sad when it ended...wanted to know what happended next?? I wonder what Messenger will bring. Answers to questions left from her two previous novels? We'll see....   hide

A companion to the book The Giver, i found this book very heart warming. The story takes place after the time of The Giver, in a time when the world fell and life found a new a crewel order. you not believe what happens to the girl that lives after loosing her mother. Her world that she knows is all a lie.