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Lois Lowry’s Gathering Blue continues the quartet beginning with the quintessential dystopian novel, The Giver, followed by Messenger and Son.
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By: Lois Lowry
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Fish in a Tree
- By: Lynda Hunt
- Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of.
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Great book but...not just dyslexia
- By Jennifer Hurst on 12-31-15
By: Lynda Hunt
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Pictures of Hollis Woods
- By: Patricia Reilly Giff
- Narrated by: Hope Davis
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. When Hollis is sent to Josie, she'll do everything in her power to make sure they stay together.
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Feeling at home
- By Wendy L. on 07-09-16
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- A Hunger Games Novel
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.
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Bad part
- By Edgars Dumins on 05-19-20
By: Suzanne Collins
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Over Sea, Under Stone
- Book 1 of The Dark Is Rising Sequence
- By: Susan Cooper
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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On holiday in Cornwall, the three children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that - the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in searching for it themselves, the Drews put their lives in peril.
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A short but excellent tale.
- By Bryan J. Peterson on 06-02-12
By: Susan Cooper
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The Maze Runner
- Maze Runner, Book 1
- By: James Dashner
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers - boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out - and no one's ever made it through alive. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.
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30 hours before the end...
- By Jan on 06-03-12
By: James Dashner
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The House of the Scorpion
- By: Nancy Farmer
- Narrated by: Raul Esparza
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Matt is a clone of El Patrón, a powerful drug lord of the land of Opium, which is located between the United States and Mexico. For six years, he has lived in a tiny cottage in the poppy fields with Celia, a kind and deeply religious servant woman who is charged with his care and safety. He knows little about his existence until he is discovered by a group of children playing in the fields and wonders why he isn't like them.
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Don't let the back dissuade you!
- By Allison on 04-21-10
By: Nancy Farmer
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The Book Thief
- By: Markus Zusak
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist: books.
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Glad I took a chance.
- By Robert on 08-20-11
By: Markus Zusak
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Mooses with Bazookas
- And Other Stories Children Should Never Read
- By: S. D. Smith
- Narrated by: S. D. Smith, Rob Riggle, Joel Clarkson, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read is a fun collection of stories. It’s exactly like The Count of Monte Cristo apart from the many differences. Our lawyers have instructed us to warn you that listening to it may directly cause you to come down with every single disease you are worried about contracting. On the plus side, our nation’s beloved and heroic critics have had their say.
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Hilarious and whimsical!!
- By Erica Oglesby on 04-01-24
By: S. D. Smith
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The War That Saved My Life
- By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute - she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan.
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Great historical Fiction -- 2016 Newbery Honor
- By Mel on 01-05-17
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Divergent
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrated by: Emma Galvin
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue - Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is - she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
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It's not for me. Loved it anyway.
- By Grant on 05-24-12
By: Veronica Roth
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-25-18
amazing
amazing amazing great reading . . . . . . . . . . . this book was enchanting
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- AirBaloon
- 03-10-15
Huh?
I'm a little confused on what this has to do with the first book? Oh well, still a good book, can't wait for book 3.
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- Stephen
- 03-21-16
Gathering Blue - Nice Story
Story: I forgot why I bought this book. Maybe I heard it was to be made into a movie. I hope so since it is a nice story about alternative future world. Interesting social dynamics when there is no existing clan or family relations for a single mother. I will make the time later to see the rest of the series and see how the story ends.
Reader: Very good.
Production: Very good.
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- Justice Campbell
- 10-08-17
Warm, relaxing, memorable vibrant story
So, far the books in this series are excellent. The first book, The Giver, was the best, but this second (completely separate story) book in the series carries on this authors imaginative work. For adults or for children, these books represent a rich set of moral guides in an America which seems to have so few in popular music, movies, or television. The themes of family values underpin these wonderful tales - much like Aesop's fables.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-13-17
Great story!!! Lois Lowry is an incredible author
Great story! Lois Lowry is an incredible author. I plan to have my students read this.
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- Donna
- 01-23-18
Monotone Narration
Story was well written and thought provoking, but the narrator was too monotone. Best read
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- R. M. Corson
- 02-04-13
Great listen!
If you enjoyed The Giver, you will love this story. The second book of the "quartet" but it could stand alone. Great job by the narrator as well.
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- spencerm
- 02-12-11
enjoyable
This is the second book in a series of three. Each can stand on their own. If you intend on reading all three you should read the first two first, but it wouldn't matter which one first. The Giver (book 1), Gathering Blue (book 2), Messenger (book 3). Definitely read Messenger last.
All the books are short and very interesting. She creates alternative societies in a different future. I thought this (gathering Blue) was the best of the three.
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- Starlet
- 11-15-09
More Juvenile than Young Adult
For juvenile fiction it is very good (especially for a juvenile), but this particular Lois Lowry book is a little more youngish than her other titles, The Giver & Gossamer, which were both in the young adult genre, but meant for adults, too. Feed was another young adult book that I enjoyed a lot. Perhaps there are two levels: juvenile and young adult. If that's it, then I'd better check that out more thoroughly ahead of time. However, I finished the book because I really did enjoy it anyway -- it wasn't as juvenile as Hana's Suitcase, which I could not finish.
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- Yumi
- 11-15-16
An amazing story
An amazing story about a girls discovery of her role ine life, sett in a future world. Loved it.
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