But then I discovered that Virginia Hamilton had written a book called The Gathering. Originally I had planned to call it The Gathering, which seemed a perfect title (given the fact that there is actually a ceremony called the Gathering in the book) and would make a good companion title to The Giver. There were a lot of unanswered “what ifs,” and for a writer, that means a book begins taking shape.
I simply hadn’t stopped thinking about the future after I wrote The Giver. What was your inspiration for writing Gathering Blue? Did you have any strong influences?Ī. The Giver, Lowry’s first work of fantasy, is now joined by its companion novels, Gathering Blue and The Messenger. Number the Stars, Lowry’s first work of historical fiction and a Newbery Medal winner, is set during the Holocaust. Books like Rabble Starkey and A Summer to Die focus on families and crisis, and examine the strength and love that bind them together. Her Anastasia Krupnik series, set in contemporary Boston, follow with poignant humor the exploits of Anastasia (a precocious adolescent), her younger brother Sam, and their artistic parents. Lois Lowry has written over 20 novels spanning several genres. While life appears good for the three-orphaned artists, there is a feeling of menace in the air, and it falls upon Matt to help Kira find the courage to seek the truth. Kira goes to live at the Council Edifice and soon meets Thomas, the carver, and little Jo, the future singer.
It is the ways of her community to shun and discard the weak, but Kira’s fate appears hopeful when she is called before the Council of Guardians and given the task of repairing the singer’s robe, a robe that represents the entire history of Kira’s community. Her father had long ago succumbed to the beasts, and now Kira is alone except for Matt, a boy from the Fen, who becomes her friend. Kira, born with a deformed leg, is frightened and uncertain of her future when her mother dies and the neighbors burn her cot and treat her with great hostility. Orphaned and physically handicapped, Kira is unsure of her future until she is named weaver of the singer’s robe and becomes a ward of the Council of Guardians.
In this companion to The Giver, the Newbery Medal-winning favorite among educators, Lois Lowry takes young readers to another futuristic society.
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