(Since I may not get around to a proper review, and over at Electrolite PNH just asked people what we're reading:) I just finished (as in, about 20 minutes ago) Ursula Le Guin's Gifts, which Harcourt is billing as a YA (it's labeled "ages 12 and up"). Good fantasy, whose characters as well as author care about magic for what it can do, and what it can do to its users, not just as a convenient device to drive a plot.
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