ISBN: 9780547851396 0547851391

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic

Page count: 224

<p>The first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's must-read Books of Earthsea.</p> <p>Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world.</p> <p>This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.</p> <p>With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings--but also unlike anything but themselves--Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature. They have received accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike.</p> <p>Join the millions of fantasy readers who have explored these lands. As The Guardian put it: "Ursula Le Guin's world of Earthsea is a tangled skein of tiny islands cast on a vast sea. The islands' names pull at my heart like no others: Roke, Perilane, Osskil . . ."</p> <p>The Books of Earthsea include:</p> <ul> <li>A Wizard of Earthsea</li> <li>The Tombs of Atuan</li> <li>The Farthest Shore</li> <li>Tehanu</li> <li>Tales from Earthsea</li> <li>The Other Wind</li> </ul>