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Tenth Power, The
ALAN Review, Summer 2006 by McGlinn, Jeanne M
The Tenth Power by Kate Constable Arthur A. Levine (Scholastic Press), 2006, 320 pp., $16.99 Utopia/Harmony ISBN: 0-439-55482-9
This novel completes the Chanters of Tremaris trilogy which includes The Singers of AU Songs and The Waterless Sea. Eighteen-year-old Calwyn, suffering the loss of her magical powers of chanting, returns to her home in Antaris. She had fought the dangerous sorcerer Samis, lost her powers trying to heal a "dry and troubled land," and in her misery pushed away Darrow, the man she loves. She hopes to find refuge among the priestesses. Instead, she finds her home in the grip of endless winter, the chanters suffering from a plague of snow-sickness. There the dying High Priestness teaches her the secrets of the Goddess and sends her on a quest to find the Wheel, an object of Power, which can heal the world.
Calwyn regains her magical powers when she is willing to sacrifice herself for another, even an enemy. Calwyn shows the people how they can break down barriers and live in harmony. Constable creates a vision of a Utopia where differences are overcome and warfare is broken. This magic can only be created when all the people join in a great dance of healing.
Jeanne M. McGlinn
Asheville, NC
Copyright Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English Summer 2006
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