Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world.
Every reader will be taken by Kira’s plight and will long ponder her haunting world and the hope for the future..
As she did in THE GIVER, Lowry challenges readers to imagine what our world could become, how people could evolve, and what could be considered valuable.
Blessed with an almost magical talent that keeps her alive, she struggles with ever broadening responsibilities in her quest for truth, discovering things that will change her life forever.
Left orphaned and physically flawed, young Kira faces a frightening, uncertain future.
It is a society ruled by savagery and deceit that shuns and discards the weak.
Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world