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    The Tombs of Atuan (Book 2 – The Earthsea Cycle)
    Ursula LeGuin
    Atheneum Books, 1971
    Fantasy Fiction
    ISBN-10: 1416509623
    192 pages
    Newbery Honor Book

    Synopsis

    Tenar, the priestess to the ancient and long held worship of the Nameless Ones, is taken as a child and raised as the one who will guard the catacombs of the Tombs of Atuan for her entire life. Thought to be the reincarnation of the one priestess who lives and is reincarnated in every generation, Tenar is raised as someone who is both feared and revered by her peers and authority figures, even at a young age.

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