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Le Guin approaches power from the perspective of a young person learning how institutions shape both captivity and resistance.
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Ursula K. Le Guin2008 selection · Science fiction & fantasy
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Gavir, an enslaved boy in the city-state of Etra, has an extraordinary memory and visions of events that have not yet happened. Violence drives him from the household he serves and into a long search for freedom, community, and the meaning of his gift.
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You value reflective coming-of-age fantasy concerned with freedom and moral choice.
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