the gift? book title?
this summer i read a book and it was about these dark gifts, one of them was the gift of the knife, and another was to make someone hurt, and another was the gift of the hunt, and another was a gift to make the bones in ones body to vanish. The main boy had this gift but he had to blindfold himself for many years because he didnt want to use it, and his best friend, who was a girl, had the gift of the hunt but she didnt use if for hunting she use it to brake horses. thats all i can remember of the plot. Im pretty sure its called The Gift, The Gifts, Gifts, or Gift i have no idea does anyone know the name of it?
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Gifts (Annals of the Western Shore) by Ursula LeGuin
Gifts, in the context of Le Guin's newest novel, inspire fear more often than gratitude. But this book is a gift in the purest sense, as the renowned fantasist's admirers have waited 14 years since the release of Tehanu (1990) for another full-length young adult novel. Providing an intriguing counterpoint to the epic third-person voice of Le Guin's Earthsea novels, this quieter, more intimate tale is narrated by its central character, Orrec. Born into a feud-riven community where the balance of power depends on inherited, extrasensory "gifts," Orrec's gift of Unmaking (which is wielded at a glance and is as fearsome as it sounds) manifests late and strangely, forcing him to don a blindfold to protect those he loves from his dire abilities. The blindfold becomes a source of escalating tension between Orrec and his stern father, and its eventual removal serves as a powerful metaphor for the transition from dependent youngster to self-possessed, questioning young adult. Although intriguing as a coming-of-age allegory, Orrec's story is also rich in the earthy magic and intelligent plot twists that made the Earthsea novels classics.