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Gathering Blue

by Lois Lowry

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Kira straightened her shoulders and spoke She held her voice steady and tried to meet the eyes of each woman in turn. Some lowered their gaze and looked at the ground. That was good. It meant they were weak."You know that in a village conflict that c... Read more
Kira straightened her shoulders and spoke She held her voice steady and tried to meet the eyes of each woman in turn. Some lowered their gaze and looked at the ground. That was good. It meant they were weak.

"You know that in a village conflict that could bring death, we must go to the Council of Guardians", Kira reminded them. She heard some murmurs of assent. Vandara's hand still gripped the rock, and her shoulders were tense, preparing to throw.

Kira looked directly at Vandara but she was speaking to the others now, in need of their support. She appealed not to their sympathy, because she knew they had none, but to their fear.

"Remember that if conflict is not taken to the Council of Guardians, and if there is a death ..".

She heard a murmur. "If there is a death ..". she heard a woman repeat in an uncertain, apprehensive voice.

Kira waited. She stood as tall and straight as she could.

Finally a woman in the group completed the words of the rule. "The causer-of-death must die". Less

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File size8.25 X 5.5 X 0.59 in
Print pages256
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date September 25, 2000
Languageeng
ISBN9780547904146
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Lois Lowry
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Lois Lowry born Lois Ann Hammersberg (March 20, 1937) is an American writer. She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars and Rabble ...

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