Ursula K. Le Guin
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Le Guin's Hainish series begins with the assumption that centuries ago humanoids from the planet Hain ventured through the solar system establishing colonies on various planets including Earth. For mysterious reasons these colonies lose all contact and knowledge of each other until the 21st century when an attempt is made to establish a galactic league. Individual stories in this loosely organized series explore the inherent communication difficulties...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea. Darkness Threatens to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. They travel far beyond the realm of death to discover the cause of these evil disturbances and to restore magic to...
Author
Series
Earthsea volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a thief, wizard Ged Sparrowhawk, who seeks a special treasure.
5) Catwings
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"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...
8) Gifts
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
830L
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.
Orrec, the son of the Brantor of Caspromant, and Gry, daughter of the Brantors of Barre and Rodd, have grown up together, running half-wild across the Uplands. The people there are like...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
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.
13) Catwings return
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Wishing to visit their mother, two winged cats leave their new country home to return to the city, where they discover a winged kitten in a building about to be demolished.
17) Cat dreams
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2009.
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.
18) Jane on her own
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
When Jane, a cat with wings, leaves the safety of her farm to explore the world, she falls into the hands of a man who keeps her prisoner and exploits her for money.
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of short stories by the legendary and iconic Ursula K. Le Guin --- selected by the author, and combined in one volume for the first time. The Unreal and the Real is a collection of some of Ursula K. Le Guin’s best short stories. She has won multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards. She has had her...