num_pages: 180
description: Librarian's Note: For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click here.When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away - home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.
language: English
title: The Tombs of Atuan
titlecomplete: The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #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: 112755
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 Paperbacks