Outside the Gates - by Molly Gloss (Paperback)

About the Book

"The village behind the great gates is a place filled with fear as outside these gates reside the monsters and giants of the stories he heard of since he was a boy. When Vren, confiding in his family about his ability to do things with his mind, is outcast from his family and village as one of the shadowed, people with extraordinary powers, he expects to die. Lost and confused about who or what he is, Vren finds is something altogether different: a community of shadowed people"--

Book Synopsis

Villagers were always warned that monsters live outside the gates, but when a young boy named Vren is cast out, he finds a home in the world beyond, in Whiting Award winner Molly Gloss's classic fantasy novel.Vren has always been told that the world beyond the gates of his village is one filled with monsters, giants, and other terrifying creatures. But when he confides with his family about his ability to talk to animals, he's outcast to the very world he's been taught to fear his whole life. He expects to die alone, lost and confused, but he finds something different altogether--refuge in a community of shadowed people with extraordinary powers. Thirty years later, Molly Gloss's dystopian fantasy novel is just as timely, poignant, and stirring as ever, in a brand-new edition!