Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry • Book 2 of the Giver Quartet
Teenage Kira lives in a futuristic society with an authoritarian ruling class that... read more
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Area
- Disability
Year Published 2000
Word Count 47,893
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 44063
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- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Orphans--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
- Artists--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | General
- People with disabilities--Fiction
- Science fiction
- Orphans
- Artists
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women
- People with disabilities
- Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian
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