Gathering Blue (Giver Quartet #2) PB_Gift_Guide irresistible boy and a mysterious

irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor

Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears

and within—is a testament to:

the silly seal spin

the scholarship is awarded just at the time of the revolution against Dictator Muamar Gaddafi

Gathering Blue (Giver Quartet #2) PB_Gift_Guide irresistible boy and a mysteriousThe second book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet, which began with the bestselling and Newbery Medal winning The Giver. Left orphaned and physically flawed in a civilization that shuns and discards the weak, Kira faces a frighteningly uncertain future. Her neighbors are hostile, and no one but a small boy offers to help. When she is summoned to judgment by The Council of Guardians, Kira prepares to fight for her life. But the Council, to her surprise,