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Tehanu

Ursula Le Guin (1990)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy

Age groupYA 12-17

Content ratingPG-13

Pages (Quick Read (<250))

Setting

CSM age13

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Content levels

ViolenceModerate

Sexual contentNone

LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Child Harm Violence Grief Death

Positive tags

Healing Arc Friendship Found Family Mentor Figure Heartwarming

Hero archetypes

Mentor (As Pov)Lost Powers / Fallen Hero

Heroine archetypes

Protagonist archetypes

Tropes

Mentor Figure Lost Powers Found Family Healing Journey Secondary World Soft Magic System Coming of Age

Themes

Aging and Loss Power and Powerlessness Healing Female Strength Legacy Friendship Identity

Synopsis

In this final episode of "The Earthsea Cycle", the widowed Tenar finds and nurses her aging friend, Sparrowhawk, a magician who has lost his powers.

Tags

Literary FantasyCharacter-DrivenFeminist FantasyQuiet Fantasy