SOLVED. YA Fantasy Magic Portals/Beast shifting. [s]

[Sam]

Follows a young boy who discovers his magic ability is to create and use portals. The magical community hates him for it, including his family, and is hunted for it thus he goes on the run. Another notable magic ability is that some people can merge with animals and take on aspects of their animals. I read this about 2010?

[Angela]

The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card? From Library Journal:

"Danny North comes from an unusual family where magical abilities are the norm. His apparent lack of magic makes him a "drekka," until he discovers that he is capable of creating gates between one place and another or between one world and another. This type of magic has been forbidden for centuries and is punishable by death. Striking out on his own, Danny flees the family compound and seeks to discover a way to live as the first Gate Mage in a thousand years. Card's latest novel demonstrates his ability to create youthful protagonists whose coming-of-age resonates with depth and meaning even as they become the fulcrum of events on a grand scale. VERDICT The author of Ender's Game brings his masterful storytelling to a new series that should find favor among his many fans as well as readers looking for more stories in the Harry Potter vein. --Jackie Cassada (Reviewed January 1, 2011) (Library Journal, vol 136, issue 1, p86)"

[Sam]

this is it! thanks!