num_pages: 198
description: Librarian's note: see alternate cover editions here and here.Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an  ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
language: English
title: A Wizard of Earthsea
titlecomplete: A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
characters: Serret, Yarrow (Earthsea Cycle), Ogion, Pechvarry, Jasper (Earthsea Cycle), Ged, Vetch (Earthsea Cycle)
genres: Audiobook, High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Magic, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy
ratings_count: 304185
places: Earthsea Realm
series: Earthsea Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Złota Sepulka
category: Książka autora zagranicznego, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Spectra Books