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Lois Lowry won her first Newbery Medal in 1994 for The Giver. Six years later, she ushered readers back into its mysterious but plausible future world in Gathering Blue to tell the story of Kira, orphaned, physically flawed, and left with an uncertain future. This second book in the Giver Quartet has been stunningly redesigned in paperback.
As she did in The Giver and later Messenger, in Gathering Blue Lois Lowry challenges readers to imagine what our world could become, how people could evolve, and what could be considered valuable.

少女绮拉生活在一个以贫穷、野蛮，以“物竞天择”为信条的贫瘠村落。绮拉天生一条腿有残疾，母亲去世后，企图霸占她家土地的人把她告上长老会，企图驱逐她出村，让她自生自灭。然而意外的是，长老会对她早已另有安排。长老们因为绮拉的刺绣天赋而保全了她的性命，任命她担任传承历史的礼服刺绣人，并让她住进了司法大厦。在修补礼服、学习染色的过程中，绮拉和朋友小麦、年轻的木刻家汤玛经历了一连串神秘遭遇，更发现了一个将改变她的人生与村庄未来的秘密。吃人的怪兽是什么？为什么天赋异禀的孩子都会变成孤儿？真相大白后，绮拉会与父亲一起离开，还是留下来以她的天赋刺绣真实的未来？