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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13648.Gifts?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Gifts" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166571462m/13648.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13648.Gifts?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Gifts</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/874602.Ursula_K_Le_Guin">Ursula K. Le Guin</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/856719?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>A new YA book that seems to start a new series(?) - the second book is Voices, which I'm reading next. In the Uplands, all families pass down certain gifts to their children. Some are positive, some are destructive. Two good friends choose not to use their gifts, and have to try to find a way to live in the society without them. It seems like a commentary on violence as well as an interesting story. I found myself seeing it vividly in my mind, which doesn't happen all of the time. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/68030?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>