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The Eye of the Heron
Contributor(s): Le Guin, Ursula K. (Author)
ISBN: 1250191076     ISBN-13: 9781250191076
Publisher: Tor Books
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Dystopian
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Science Fiction - General
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.39 lbs) 208 pages
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Quiz #: 73562
Reading Level: 6.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
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From multi-award-winning, literary legend Ursula K. Le Guin comes a speculative fiction classic, The Eye of the Heron.

In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups--the farmers of Shantih and the City dwellers--live in apparent harmony. All is not as it seems, however. While the peace-loving farmers labor endlessly to provide food for the City, the City Bosses rule the Shantih with an iron fist. When a group of farmers decide to form a new settlement further away, the Bosses retaliate by threatening to crush the "rebellion."

Luz understands what it means to have no choices. Her father is a Boss and he has ruled over her life with the same iron fist. Luz wonders what it might be like to make her own choices. To be free to choose her own destiny.

Contributor Bio(s): Le Guin, Ursula K.: - Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was the author of more than three dozen books for children and adults, including her groundbreaking novels The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, both honored with Nebula and Hugo awards for best novel. She was also awarded a Newbury Honor for the second volume of the Earthsea Cycle, The Tombs of Atuan, and among her many other distinctions are the Margaret A. Edwards Award, a National Book Award, and additional Nebula and Hugo awards. Her other books include The Eye of the Heron, The Word for World is Forest, and the Hainish series. In 2014, Le Guin was named the Medalist for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation.