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9780152057701 Hardcover
0152057706
$17.00
512pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Copyright Year:
2007
Territory:
US, C, I, O
Ages: 14 years and up |
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Synopsis |
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Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes “remembers” things that are going to happen in the future. As a loyal slave, he must keep these powers secret, but when a terrible tragedy occurs, Gav, blinded by grief, flees the only world he has ever known. And in what becomes a treacherous journey for freedom, Gav’s greatest test of all is facing his powers so that he can come to understand himself and finally find a true home.
This third book in the Annals of the Western Shore series is an epic story of survival and self-discovery that speaks to the power of new beginnings, and most importantly, of hope.
Includes maps.
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Praise |
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"As in Gifts and Voices, Le Guin's storytelling talents and dry humor shine through in Powers, leavening the somberness of its theme: the nature of power, both individual and collective, liberating and oppressive. After a gifted young house slave's sister is killed, he is propelled into a quest for a better life and 'a freedom we could not imagine.' Gav's homecoming, to a place not his home, is genuinely moving."
The Washington Post Book World,10/7/2007
* “This followup to Gifts (2004) and Voices (2006) may be the series’ best installment. . . . . Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers as transformed by the power of words as is Gav himself. . . . Le Guin’s fans have ample reason to hope that the author may be building toward a fantasy cycle as ambitious in scope as her beloved chronicles of Earthsea.” (starred review)
Publishers Weekly,8/30/2007
* “Le Guin uses her own prodigious power as a writer to craft lyrical, precise sentences, evoking a palpable sense of place and believable characters. This distinguished novel belongs with its predecessors in all young adult collections.” (starred review)
School Library Journal,9/1/2007
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Biography |
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URSULA K. LE GUIN is the author of more than three dozen books. She was awarded a Newbery Honor for the second volume of the Earthsea Cycle, The Tombs of Atuan, and among her other distinctions are the Margaret A. Edwards Award, a National Book Award, a PEN Center USA Award for Fiction, and five Nebula Awards. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Awards |
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| Booklist Editors’ Choice |
| Margaret A. Edwards Award • Author Award |
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General Subjects |
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Juvenile Fiction- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic
Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/Adolescence
Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/Prejudice & Racism
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Rights Details |
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Harcourt Children's Books
A Division ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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