Gathering Blue
First edition cover | |
| Author | Lois Lowry |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | The Giver Quartet |
| Genre | Young adult fiction |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | September 25, 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 241 |
| ISBN | 0-618-05581-9 |
| OCLC | 43728928 |
| [Fic] 21 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.L9673 Gat 2000 |
| Preceded by | The Giver |
| Followed by | Messenger |
Gathering Blue is a young adult-dystopian novel written by American author Lois Lowry and was published on September 25, 2000. A companion book to The Giver (1993), it is set in the same future time period and universe, treats some of the same themes, and is followed by Messenger (2004) and Son (2012) in The Giver Quartet.
The central character, Kira is an orphan who has a deformed leg, and must learn to survive in a society that normally leaves the weak or disabled exposed to die in the fields. In the course of the book, she begins to learn the art of dyeing thread to different colors except for blue, which nobody in her community knows how to make. She also learns more about the truth of her village and the terrible secrets that they hold.