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A Wizard of Earthsea: The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1

(2006, Fiction - Fantasy, Written by Ursula Le Guin)

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 9, age appropriate for kids over 10; suggested age 10.

  • Is it any good?

    5.0

  • Common Sense says

    Classic, magical fantasy novel for tweens up.

updated 07.04.08

Why We Rated This on for Ages 10 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Ged is arrogant and filled with anger and jealousy, but he learns better.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence :

    A battle with some deaths, Ged is injured by a nameless shadow, a small pet is killed.

  • Sex :

    Not an issue.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.

  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About A Wizard of Earthsea: The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1

Parents need to know that there is a battle scene with some deaths, which is not described. Otherwise there is little to be concerned about.

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  • Families can talk about the ideas about personal responsibility and about life and death raised here. What responsibility do we bear for the unintended consequences of our actions? What do you think of how life and death are presented here? Also, the author was very vocally unhappy with the miniseries adaptation of this book. What do you think of the adaptation? How could it have been done better? Why are film adaptations often so different from the book?
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