| Gifts, 1 Contributor(s): Le Guin, Ursula K. (Author), Clark, Ginger (Author) |
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ISBN: 0152051244 ISBN-13: 9780152051242 Publisher: Clarion Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2006 Annotation: In this beautifully crafted yet darkly compelling fantasy, Le Guin writes of the cruelty of power and how hard it is to grow up in a world in which each person has a magical, dangerous "gift." Click for more in this series: Annals of the Western Shore |
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| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Dark Fantasy - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LCCN: 2003021449 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age Level: 12-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grade Level: 7-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lexile Measure: 830(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guided Reading: Y (Grade 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Annals of the Western Shore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.14" W x 7" L (0.46 lbs) 304 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Self-Esteem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features: Ikids, Maps, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Review Citations: Kirkus Best Books 03/01/2006 pg. 10 Publishers Weekly 03/27/2006 pg. 82 Kliatt 07/01/2006 pg. 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Quiz #: 80490 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
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| Publisher Description: Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability--with a glance, a gesture, a word--to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in constant fear that one family might unleash its gift against another. Two young people, friends since childhood, decide not to use their gifts. One, a girl, refuses to bring animals to their death in the hunt. The other, a boy, wears a blindfold lest his eyes and his anger kill. In this beautifully crafted story, Ursula K. Le Guin writes of the proud cruelty of power, of how hard it is to grow up, and of how much harder still it is to find, in the world's darkness, gifts of light. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Le Guin, Ursula K.: - URSULA K. LE GUIN was born in Berkeley, California, in 1929, and passed away in Portland, Oregon, in 2018. She published over sixty books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, children's literature, and translation. She was the recipient of a National Book Award, six Hugo and five Nebula awards, and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. |
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