Gathering Blue - Lois Lowery - 4 Stars

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Set in the distant future there is a community where the deformed or the sick are taken to "the fields" to await "the beasts" and certain death. The Singer, The Carver, and The Weaver play vital roles in the community's history and future. While surrounded in luxury like nothing she has ever experienced, Kira learns that she is one of the few that can make a difference...

While not a sequel to The Giver, it is set in the same type of distant future that is removed from what we know of civilization. This is a great quick read into a world that is not too much of an impossibility and shows the delicate nature of one's perceived reality.

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The Giver by Lois Lowry - 5 Stars

The Giver by Lois Lowry


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wonderful Young-Adult/Sci-Fi

The Receiver is a living receptacle for the communities memories and emotions both new and old. With the Receiver there is no sense of pain, loss, love, or joy.

As the new Receiver begins his training and along with it the accumulation of memories past, he realizes that it is up to him to do something about it.


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The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If you claim to enjoy Young Adult Fiction, this is a must read! The acclaim awarded to Farmer's futuristic science fiction work, The House of the Scorpion, is well earned.

Set not too far off in the conceivable future is a new land rightfully named Opium. The new country lies in between what was formally known as Mexico and the United States. The new country and it's independence was granted to a few drug lords in a treaty to end the mass influx of drugs into the United States.

While rounding up illegal immigrants like cattle and turning them into mindless drones could be rich enough for it's own separate book, Farmer only uses that as a subplot to the struggles of the Drug Lord's clone...

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