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Where Gathering Blue sits
- Series
- Book 2 of The Giver Quartet. See all The Giver Quartet books in order
- The book before
- The Giver
- The book after
- Messenger
- Order checked
- Last checked: September 24, 2026, against harpercollins.com
Checked facts about Gathering Blue
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- Publication
- First published in 2000. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)
- Other edition
- The Library of Congress record found by this book's ISBN describes another edition: a 241-page hardcover from Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 9780547995687. (Library of Congress, its record of another edition; read November 6, 2026)
9780547995687 ... hardcover ... 241 p. ... Houghton Mifflin
What Gathering Blue is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- Kira, who is lame, is orphaned without warning. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira
- She is taken from her poor village to the grand Council Edifice to live. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice
- There the Guardians, who hold all the power, expect her to put her weaving gift to work for them. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians
Topics in this book
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Topics
- Artists
- Orphan
- People with disabilities
- Science fiction
Book type
- Children's fiction
Reading ages
- Children's
Other books in The Giver Quartet
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