02833cam a2200385 4500 234031165 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780547539874 0547539878 B003WJQ7F8 Amazon 84fbbc5f-1e9e-46d6-9444-52434098c4b6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 573579 OverDrive (Product ID) 573579 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Le Guin, Ursula K. Gifts [Libby] : Chronicles of the Western Shore, Book 1. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 260kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:<p>Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability—with a glance, a gesture, a word—to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in constant fear that one family might unleash its gift against another. Two young people, friends since childhood, decide not to use their gifts. One, a girl, refuses to bring animals to their death in the hunt. The other, a boy, wears a blindfold lest his eyes and his anger kill.</p> <p>In this beautifully crafted story, Ursula K. Le Guin writes of the proud cruelty of power, of how hard it is to grow up, and of how much harder still it is to find, in the world's darkness, gifts of light.</p> <p><b>Includes a reader's guide and a sample chapter from the companion title <i>Voices</i>.</b></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:22. http://lonestardigitalibrary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=84fbbc5f-1e9e-46d6-9444-52434098c4b6 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/84F/BBC/5F/Gifts9780547539874.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=84FBBC5F-1E9E-46D6-9444-52434098C4B6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/84F/BBC/5F/Gifts9780547539874.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=84FBBC5F-1E9E-46D6-9444-52434098C4B6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0874-1/84F/BBC/5F/Gifts9780547539874.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=84FBBC5F-1E9E-46D6-9444-52434098C4B6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXPLE