Gathering Blue

This was an interesting book that didn't seem really related to the first book (The Giver) but seems like another type of civilization in a future time period. In the giver the boy did wonder if there were other communities somewhere and wondered what they would be like. Maybe this is one of them? I was disappointed in the ending... well, there wasn't really a real ending at all. I am hoping the next two books will fill in some gaps there. I'd love to learn what happened to the boy from the first book and the 3 artists from this one. I do like how this book, like the first one, gives you an idea of how different life could be. Sometimes the grass is actually greener where you are when you are dreaming of a better place and life.