Sometimes people like to compare books in series and focus on the one they like best, for me I like to look at each book on its own. It can help me be interested in a book if it is by an author I like, but some authors I love have written a book or two I don't like at all. I read Gather Blue, because it was a gift (from one of my dad's students), a recommendation and from an author I love, boy am I glad I did. I loved reading about Kira's futuristic world that could possibly existed at the same time as the world of Jonas (from the Giver). Gathering Blue worked really well as a companion to The Giver (SPOILER ALERT) and I liked how at the end there was a mention of a boy that could possibly be Jonas at the end (in the author interview in the back of my copy Lois Lowry noted that "there is a reference to a boy with light eyes at the end of Gathering Blue. He can be Jonas or not, as you wish."). Like The Giver this is a book that makes you think on many levels, I recommend it to older elementary and middle school readers and I really think you should read The Giver first.
Rating: *****
I loved Gathering Blue so much! This story about a young woman is very touching and makes you think. Anyone should read it, and I hope love it! It is very enjoyable. I did not enjoy The Giver near as much. It is still a good book, so you definitely should keep an open mind. It just did not grab me as Gathering Blue did. My rating for Gathering Blue is five stars!
ReplyDeletei cannot find the chapter that references the boy with the light eyes at the end of Gathering Blue, where is that sentence?
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