Voices

Ansul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools, and temples. But that was long ago, and the conquerors of this coastal city consider reading and writing to be acts punishable by death. And they believe the Oracle House, where the last few undestroyed books are hidden, is seething with demons. But to seventeen-year-old Memer, the house is a refuge, a place of family and learning, ritual and memory--the only place where she feels truly safe.

Then an Uplands poet named Orrec and his wife, Gry, arrive, and everything in Memer's life begins to change. Will she and the people of Ansul at last be brave enough to rebel against their oppressors?

A haunting and gripping coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of violence, intolerance, and magic, Voices is a novel that readers will not soon forget.


Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 6.98h x 5.10w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9780152062422
ISBN10: 0152062424
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women