Fantasy novel by
Ursula K. LeGuin. The first novel in her
Earthsea trilogy
1.
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The
wizard Ogion notices a great deal of magical power in a boy on his home island of
Gont, and takes him into his home as
apprentice and
student.
The boy, called
Sparrowhawk2, chafes at the slow pace of his tutelage and Ogion has no choice but to send him to the
Wizard's School on
Roke.
There Sparrowhawk learns to be a wizard, in the process setting off
events that will set the course of the rest of his life.
Pay no attention to those other writeups until you have
read the book and its two companions.
1The other novels are called
The Tombs of Atuan and
The Farthest Shore.
2Never reveal your
true name to anyone but your closest, most intimate friends, for it gives them power over you.