Ursula K. Le Guin
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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"A deluxe hardcover edition of the queen of science fiction's trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beings--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary's mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose--and change--their...
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Series
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Saga Press
Pub. Date
[ctober 2018]
Language
English
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"Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea --"...reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago," (David Mitchell)--comes this complete omnibus edition of the entire Earthsea chronicles, including over fifty illustrations illuminating Le Guin's vision of her classic saga. Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature--they have received prestigious...
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English
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Set in a future world where one man's dreams control the fate of humanity. In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George's dreams for his own purposes....
4) Gifts
Author
Series
Annals of the Western Shore volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.
5) Cat dreams
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Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a feline dreamland where it rains mice, all the dogs have run away, and a big bowl of kibbles and cream is waiting.
7) Tom Mouse
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tom Mouse hides on the train he has boarded for travel and adventure, but an old woman finds and befriends him.
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Publisher
Small Beer Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Where on Earth explores Le Guin's earthbound stories which range around the world from small town Oregon to middle Europe in the middle of revolution to summer camp.Companion volume Outer Space, Inner Lands includes Le Guin's best known nonrealistic stories.
12) The telling
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Series
Hainish series volume 8
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin was lauded by millions for her groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy novels, though she began her career as a poet. "I still kind of twitch and growl when I'm reduced to being the science fiction writer. I'm a novelist and increasingly a poet. And sometimes I wish they'd call me that," Le Guin said in a 2015 interview with NPR. In this clarifying and sublime collection--written shortly before her death...
16) Jane on her own
Author
Series
Catwings series volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Jane, the youngest of the Catwings, thinks that life on the farm is absolutely boring. Looking for adventure, she takes to the skies to explore all the world has to offer. But when she flies through the window of a friendly-seeming human, Jane finds herself captured—and forced to make TV appearances as Miss Mystery, the fabulous winged cat. How can she possibly explore the world now? Is there anywhere Jane can be truly free?"--
17) Catwings return
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Series
Catwings series volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"As kittens, James, Thelma, Harriet, and Roger took advantage of their wings by flying away from the busy city where they were born. Now the cats live comfortably in the country with two human friends. But a big adventure is in store for James and Harriet when they decide to return to the city to visit their mother. So much has changed! The dumpster where the kittens grew up is gone. All the buildings in their old alley are being torn down. And inside...
18) Catwings
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Series
Catwings series volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.
''A litter of winged kittens flee the city for the countryside in this first "small gem of a book" (Publishers Weekly) in legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin's bestselling Catwings chapter book series, now with a new look! Mrs. Jane Tabby can't explain why her four kittens - Thelma, Roger, James, and Harriet - were born...
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Series
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In Gifts, Orrec and Gry will inherit both their families' domains and their "gifts," the ability to communicate with animals, or control a mind, or maim or kill with only a word and gesture. Both discover their gifts are not what they thought. In Voices, Memer lives in a city conquered by fundamentalist and superstitious soldiers who have made reading and writing forbidden. But in Memer's house there is a secret room where the last few books in the...
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Publisher
Tin House Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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In a series of interviews with David Naimon, Le Guin discusses craft, aesthetics, and philosophy in her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction works. The discussions provide ample advice and guidance for writers of every level, but also give Le Guin a chance to to sound off on some of her favorite subjects: the genre wars, the patriarchy, the natural world, and what, in her opinion, makes for great writing. With excerpts from her own books and those that...