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The Tombs of Atuan

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Age band: 13+

Looky Rating System: Violence 2/5, Love & Romance 1/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 5/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.

Description

One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time The Newbery Honor–winning second novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. LeGuin.In this second novel in She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan. Then a wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the Tombs’ greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Tenar’s duty is to protect the Ring, but Ged possesses the light of magic and tales of a world that Tenar has never known.