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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.
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Series: Earthsea 1
Awards
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Winner — Fiction — 1969)
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1979)
Gigamesh Award (1984)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2004)
IBBY Honour Book (1980)
Locus All-Time Best (Fantasy Novel — 3 — 1987)
The Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (Science Fiction and Fantasy)
The SF Book Club's "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years From 1953-2002" (5)
NEA Big Read (2009)