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I stopped at the fourth and I highly recommend it. Great example of how YA fantasy can be light and very political at the same time.
What’s the premise?
Premise of the book: a little girl is intentionally and deeply hurt, she is then discriminated upon because of that. How do you rationalize bad things happening to a child? And how do you deal with discrimination?
I felt it was the most realistic of the EarthSea novels, while still being quite gentle for the themes treated.