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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100152056785

ISBN-139780152056780

eBay Product ID (ePID)48655206

Product Key Features

Book TitleVoices

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicFantasy / General, Fantasy & Magic, General

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin

Book SeriesAnnals of the Western Shore Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2005-020753

Reviews[star] "Le Guin's superior narrative voice and storytelling power make even small moments ring with truth, and often with beauty."-- School Library Journal (starred)

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromSeventh Grade

Series Volume Number2

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

SynopsisAnsul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools, and temples. But that was long ago, and the conquerors of this coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. And they believe the Oracle House, where the last few undestroyed books are hidden, is seething with demons. But to seventeen-year-old Memer, the house is a refuge, a place of family and learning, ritual and memory--the only place where she feels truly safe. Then an Uplands poet named Orrec and his wife, Gry, arrive, and everything in Memer's life begins to change. Will she and the people of Ansul at last be brave enough to rebel against their oppressors? A haunting and gripping coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of violence, intolerance, and magic, Voices is a novel that readers will not soon forget., Ansul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools, and temples. But that was long ago, and the conquerors of this coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. And they believe the Oracle House, where the last few undestroyed books are hidden, is seething with demons. But to seventeen-year-old Memer, the house is a refuge, a place of family and learning, ritual and memory--the only place where she feels truly safe. Then an Uplands poet named Orrec and his wife, Gry, arrive, and everything in Memer's life begins to change. Will she and the people of Ansul at last be brave enough to rebel against their oppressors? A haunting and gripping coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of violence, intolerance, and magic, " Voices" is a novel that readers will not soon forget., In this powerful companion to the celebrated "Gifts," conquerors of a coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.L5215Voi 2006