Threads of Magic (Review #1)

Gathering Blue   By Lois Lowry


This is the story of the Village, a community of harsh rules and governed lives. Kira recently became an orphan, and has to somehow find a way to live in the village on her own, being too young to work, and having a crippled leg. With few friends and family, the girl has almost no hope of continuing on. Then, one day, an amazing opportunity presents itself. Kira can live. She is now hanging on to her life in the Village by the talent she developed at a young age. Sewing. She is the most talented seamstress in the Village. And with that talent, Kira will work in the main building in her village restoring the sacred robe.


Still, Kira fells a sense of unrest. There is something strange in her new home that opens the doors to a terrible secret.


Gathering Blue is an easier book to read, with only about 200 pages. The book is in Third Person Limited point of view.


Truthfully, I read this book in fifth grade, and I'm loving re-reading it now. I stayed up until midnight reading the first half of the book again, embracing the writing style in every page turn. It usually wouldn't take one long to read this book because it is relatively short. It is the companion book to The Giver, also written by Lois Lowry. The two books combine in the final chapter of the story in Messenger.