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6) Tehanu
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When Sparrowhawk, the Archmage of Earthsea, returns from the dark land stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with the aging widow Tenar and a crippled girl child who carries an unknown destiny.
7) Jinx's fire
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Jinx, a young wizard, attempts to marshal his magical fire powers to rescue Simon, unite the Urwald, and fend off the Bonemaster.
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"A young, Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy after bonding with a hatchling-and quickly finds herself at odds with the "approved" way of doing things-in the first book of a brilliant new fantasy series. The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations-until fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon's egg and bonds with its hatchling. Her people are delighted, for all remember the tales of the days when dragons...
9) Gifts
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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.
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"The traditional writing workshop was established with white male writers in mind; what we call craft is informed by their cultural values. In this bold reevaluation of the elements of fiction writing--including plot, characterization, conflict, and structure--and aspects of workshop--including the silenced writer and the imagined reader--Matthew Salesses asks, How can we invite diverse storytelling traditions into literary spaces? Teachers will find...