Gathering Blue (Giver Quartet #2) PB_Gift_Guide and within—is a testament to:

and within—is a testament to:

irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor

a letter invites Olivia to come home to Gallant

and with a poignancy about relationships and love that one rarely finds in the genre

Gathering Blue (Giver Quartet #2) PB_Gift_Guide and within—is a testament to:The second book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal winning The Giver. 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 judgment by The Council of Guardians, Kira prepares to fight for her life. But the Council, to her surprise,