Gathering Blue

I just started a new book called Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry.  So far it is about a girl who was crippled from birth.  Her dad was killed by beasts in the forest during a hunting trip and her mother just passed away from an illness.  Because she is crippled a women of her village named Vandara wanted to use her land for a place to keep their children.  Because Vandara wants her to be banned from the village she takes her in front of the Council of Guardians.  The Council of Guardians decided that she will be able to stay and has the job of weaving for them.  

Q: "She was imperfect. And fatherless as well. She should not have been kept."

Q: Why do the people of the community decide to kill those who are crippled or those who can not help as much in the community?

C: I think that in this community they kill those who are crippled or cannot help as much because they are not as useful in the community.  Even though they are just as valuable as us, because of their disability, they decide to kill them.  I think this is very wrong, but it is their way of life and it is their custom, so they will continue to do it unless someone steps up to change the way things are.