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Listening at the Gate
By Betsy James
Illustrated by: Betsy James
This edition: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Ages: 12 and up
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JOURNEY TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD...

In her father's village Kat is scorned for her fiery red hair, the legacy of her father's shameful marriage to a native woman. Her only true home is with Nall, a man who appeared to her from the depths of the sea, an outsider too.

Now a war is breaking out, and Kat's beloved brother, Dai, is taken prisoner. Kat realizes that the only way she can save him is to join Nall on a dangerous quest that will take them to the last boundary of all -- the Gate where the world was born. It is during this journey that Kat must confront not only the earthly battle that is tearing her world apart, but the struggle within herself and with the man she loves.

"Tightly plotted, tautly written, bursting with passion and poetry, Listening at the Gate will transport you to a world both hauntingly familiar and utterly new -- full of love, grief, hope, and wild adventure." -- Ursula K. Le Guin

-- Ursula K. Le Guin
For the Love of Words
Mothering, April 11, 2010
...that, beginning with a delight in words and then adding paper, made all its children writers. Illustration by Betsy James. Betsy James is the award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children and young adults. Her latest novel, ...