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<i>Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15827393-the-tombs-of-atuan" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</i> When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away - home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.
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The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. Le Guin
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- Released
- 1974
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- Title
- The Tombs of Atuan
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Released
- 1974
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 160
- ISBN10
- 0140306323
- ISBN13
- 9780140306323
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Sci-Fi, USA, Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Books, Magic, 20th century, American Literature, Juvenile Fiction, Coming Of Age, Epic Fantasy, Dragons, 1970s
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- <i>Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15827393-the-tombs-of-atuan" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</i> When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away - home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.