num_pages: 192
description: The second book in Le Guin's bestselling Earthsea fantasy series introduces Tenar, a priestess who oversees the dark tombs, and the young wizard Sparrowhawk, who comes to steal back the ring of Erreth-Akbe. A Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book.
language: English
title: The Tombs of Atuan
titlecomplete: The Tombs of Atuan (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2)
characters: Penthe, Tenar, Kossil, Ged, Thar, Manan
genres: High Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Magic, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy
ratings_count: 112766
places: Earthsea Realm
series: Earthsea Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: National Book Award
category: Children's Books, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association), awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Aladdin