Kira starts going to Annabella's house every day, preparing for when the Singer will need the robe. However, unlike the technologically advanced society we saw in “The Giver”, this book features a strangely regressive village setting, which seems to suggest that civilisation had reached its zenith and now this future society has become more backward. A poor boy named Matt offers to help Kira by gathering the needed plant to make blue, so he runs off to find it. She prefers the peaceful sections, woven in green and gold, to the violent sections, mostly woven in red and orange. The man reveals a pendant that matches the one Kira’s mother wore, and explains that he is Christopher, Kira’s father.
The story is defined with simple word eventhough astonishing. Kira returns to the Edifice, prepared to weave blue into the robe and certain that the future is in her hands. It was a well outstanding work with numerous heart touching feelings. She also wants to add blue to the robe, and wonders where she can find it.
As Kira listens to Jamison, she clutches a cloth that she carries with her wherever she goes. Jo's parents are dead.
Kira has a front row seat during the … Kira goes to the trial with a villager named Vandara who doesn't want Kira in the village. 5. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. With Matt, Kira goes to Annabella’s house, where she begins to learn the names of the plants that can be used to dye threads.
This is a lovely book, it only hints that it's set in the same world as The Giver. Kira also discovers that Matt has gone on a quest; when she and Thomas visit the Fen, they learn from Matt’s brother that he’s gone in search of blue for Kira. Kira has been to the Edifice before for the Gathering, an annual ceremony that every villager must attend. Once a year, the village Singer performs an important song that tells the story of their society. Proudly created with Wix.com.
So they decide to sneak into her room at night to investigate. . Jo is an orphan that is sent to the council edifice after her parents died.
This is Book 2 of the Giver Quartet, and though the characters are different, it is set in the same story universe of the phenomenal first book. I would recommend this book to people over the age of 10.
Shortly after this, Kira tells Jamison that Annabella told her there were no beasts; Jamison insists that Annabella is losing her wisdom. Christopher reveals that it was Jamison who tried to kill him. She was born with a twisted leg and anyone in Kira's village that isn't useful is put to death.
When Kira explains this to Thomas, he’s initially dismissive, but gradually, they both come to realize that the Council has taken them from their homes and forced them to use their artistic abilities for the Gathering. I.C.4 Why did Kira know the Singer's robe? Kira realizes that she is a prisoner of the Council: the Council has kidnapped three artists—Kira, Jo, and Thomas—and killed the artists’ parents, so that they can put the artists to work. Every reader will be taken by Kira’s plight and will long ponder her haunting world and the hope for the future. Jamison argues that Kira should be allowed to stay, both because she is the granddaughter of a former chief guardian and because she is an accomplished weaver.
During the Gathering, the Singer sings a long Ruin Song, about the rise and fall of all the civilizations in history. Like ‘The Giver’, this was a very well written book, and very enjoyable. He shows her a blank area on the robe, and tells her that she will weave “the future” into this area, according to the Council’s supervision. To get the free app, enter mobile phone number. It's very old, and his hands — and the hands of other Singers in the past, I suppose — have worn the carvings down so it must all be recarved.
Left orphaned and physically flawed, young Kira faces a frightening, uncertain future. Visit her website at www.loislowry.com.
I read it, at bedtimes, to my Grandson and both of us thoroughly enjoyed it. Prime members enjoy unlimited free, fast delivery on eligible items, video streaming, ad-free music, exclusive access to deals & more. I would recommend everyone to read especially to beginners who had started to read. Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It's difficult work. The Gathering, Devin Townsend, Ayreon, The Gentle Storm, VUUR, Globus, Kari Rueslåtten, Liv Kristine, Anathema, Daniel Cavanagh: Website: AnnekevanGiersbergen.com : Anna Maria van Giersbergen (born 8 March 1973), known artistically as Anneke van Giersbergen, is a Dutch singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist who became known worldwide as the lead singer and songwriter for the Dutch band The … The next day, a messenger summons Kira to the Council Edifice, where the Council of Elders holds a trial for Kira and Vandara. Cities flourish, but then collapse in flames.
Matt brings Kira's dad back from the healing village. Kira had always thought that her father had been sent to the fields to die. Kira returns to the floor where she heard Jamison scold Jo. This book has a lot of mystery to it by leaving you at a cliffhanger in the end of many chapters. However, when Matt found him, he quickly deduced that Matt’s friend, a weaver, must be Christopher’s own daughter. And there's a large place at the top that has never been carved. She mysteriously dies at the end of the book. Kira has a lame leg; when she was born, the villagers wanted to leave her in the Field to die, but Katrina insisted that she keep Kira, because she recognizes that her daughter is bright and good with her hands. 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. On one of her visits to Annabella’s cott, Annabella tells Kira that there actually aren’t any wild beasts.
By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our. As the Gathering approaches, Jamison praises Kira for the repairs she’s made to the Singer’s robe. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. As the Singer’s yearly performance approaches, Kira needs the color blue to dye her threads, but the plant used to make blue is not in their village. From behind a door, she talks to Jo and learns that Jo is being held in the Edifice against her will. Author: Lois Lowry: Country: United States: Language: English: Series: … When it is time to have the Singer's Robe repaired, Matt is not back but Kira still gives the robe to the singer. After her supper, after the oil lamps had been lit, Kira examined it carefully. Before he leaves, he gives Kira woad, the plant that produces the color blue, and a handful of blue threads he pulled from his shirt. Jo- Jo is an orphan that is sent to the council edifice after her parents died.
The Singer's robe contained only a few tiny spots of ancient blue, faded almost to white. While her talent keeps her alive and brings certain privileges, Kira soon realizes she is surrounded by many mysteries and secrets. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. At the trial, Vandara accuses Kira of being lazy and incapable of doing any work, and argues that she should be left to die in the Field of the Living. He lives in the Fen which is the place where poor people live in their society.
I did not give this book five stars because the ending was abrupt and I couldn't imagine what would happen in the next book. I.C.1 What was in the box on the floor when they returned from lunch? You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. No one must know of her plans to uncover the truth about her world and see what places exist beyond.
Kira’s task as a master weaver and repairer of the Singer’s robe, a ceremonial garment flaunted at the annual Gathering, contains images of the history of the villages, that accompanies the Singer’s epic song like a retelling of it. She also hears a metallic “clank,” and sees something about the Singer that shocks her.
The story was simple but engaging, but it wasn’t as gripping as The Giver.
. When she returns from the Field, Kira meets her friend Matt, a young, rambunctious child who lives in the Fen, a nearby area where the people are poorer and dirtier. After the end of the Gathering, Kira reunites with Matt, who tells her that he’s brought her two gifts: one little, one big. Shortly thereafter, Kira and Thomas hear a child crying again; they decide to investigate where the noise is coming from, enlisting Matt and his dog, Branch, for help. Jo tells them that the Council is planning for her to be the next Singer.
Kira is wondering what to do because anyone in their society who has a disability and can't work is left in the fields to die.
Kira has a front row seat during the performance, and notices that the Singer's feet are chained to the floor. At dawn, Christopher arrives at the Council Edifice, prepared to leave with Kira. It was then that she … Kira saves her own life by reminding them that the penalty for taking a life without the Council’s approval is death. Kira carries the cloth both because it reminds her that she is an excellent weaver and because it sometimes seems to speak to her—now, for instance, the cloth tells her that she need not worry. I gave Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry, 4.9 stars out of 5. The novel begins with the death of Katrina, the mother of a girl named Kira. The little gift is a small blue cloth, and the big gift turns out to be a blind, scarred man, wearing a blue shirt. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Christopher makes plans to take Kira back to the new community he’s joined, and then goes with Matt to rest in a safe place. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. Her mother convinced her village council to keep Kira.
At the beginning of Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry, Kira, the main character, is leaving the field where people who are useless to the village are sent to die. Thomas is also an orphan. Katrina dies in her cott, or cottage, where she lived with Kira.
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