Harcourt, Inc.
Available: 03/16/06
5 x 7 · 288 pages
978-0-15-205124-2
CDN $8.95 · pb

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Gifts

Ursula K. Le Guin

The clans of the desolate Uplands possess fearsome gifts—the ability to twist a limb, enslave a mind, inflict a wasting illness, all with a mere look or gesture. When the uneasy peace is broken each clan must be prepared to unleash its gift to defend itself. But two young people refuse to use their gifts. One, a girl, will not go on the hunt to summon animals to die. The other, a boy, wears a blindfold so that his eyes and his anger will not 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.

Ursula K. Le Guin is the author of more than three dozen books, including 18 novels and 10 books for children. She has won a Newbery Honour, a National Book Award, and five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, and has recently received a lifetime award for her writing. This is her first young adult book in many years.