2018 ESU #11 Battle of the Books
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Gathering Blue
By: Louis Lowry
Grades 6-8


Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It is a society ruled by savagery and deceit that shuns and discards the weak. Left orphaned and physically flawed, young Kira faces a frightening, uncertain future. Blessed with an almost magical talent that keeps her alive, she struggles with ever broadening responsibilities in her quest for truth, discovering things that will change her life forever.
As she did in THE GIVER, Lowry challenges readers to imagine what our world could become, how people could evolve, and what could be considered valuable. Every reader will be taken by Kira’s plight and will long ponder her haunting world and the hope for the future.

Level 5; 7 Points
Activity One
​Symbolism in Colors: Blue is the color of reaching beyond, of sky, freedom. What do other colors symbolize?


Activity Two
Social Government: Create your own laws for Kira's community. How will they be enforced? How can you make sure the laws are followed?


​Activity Three
Create a HAIKU poem about the nature mentioned in Gathering Blue.

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    • A Dog's Purpose
    • All the Answers
    • A Night Divided
    • As Brave as You
    • A Wrinkle in Time
    • Baker's Magic
    • Between Shades of Gray
    • Booked
    • Bud, Not Buddy
    • Cress
    • Fuzzy Mud
    • Gathering Blue
    • Ghost
    • Heartless
    • Hour of the Bees
    • House Arrest
    • Mark of the Thief
    • Michael Vey: Fall of Hades
    • Mutation
    • Pax
    • Prisoner B-3087
    • Salt to the Sea
    • Samurai Rising
    • Slacker
    • Surviving the Applewhites
    • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
    • The Book Thief
    • The Boys Who Challenged Hitler
    • The Darkest Hour
    • The Girl Who Drank the Moon
    • The View From Saturday
    • Zero Day
  • About
  • Contact
  • Rules