Lois Lowry won the first of her two Newbery Medals in 1994 for The Giver. Six years later she ushered readers back into the mysterious but plausible future world of The Giverto tell the story of Kira, orphaned, physically flawed, and left with an uncertain future. This second book in the Giver Quartet has been stunningly redesigned in both paperback and hardcover. As she did in The Giverand later The Messenger, in Gathering BlueLois Lowry challenges readers to imagine what our world could become, how people could evolve, and what could be considered valuable. Return again to the world of The Giverin Lowry's concluding volume, Son, available in September 2012.