Pierce, Tamora.
Summary: Ten-year-old Keladry of Mindalen, daughter of nobles, serves as a page but must prove herself to the males around her if she is ever to fulfill her dream of becoming a knight. When Alanna became the King's Champion, it was decided that girls would henceforth be allowed to train for the knighthood. But ten years have passed, and no girls have come forward. Now, however, someone is about to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PIEPierce, Tamora.
Summary: The Legend of Beka Cooper gives Tamora Pierce's fans exactly what they want, a smart and savvy heroine making a name for herself on the mean streets of Tortall's Lower City, while offering plenty of appeal for new readers as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2011
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Summary: Residents of the island of Starns send for help from Winding Circle temple, and when prickly green mage Rosethorn and young stone mage trainee Evvy respond, Evvy finds that the problem is with a long-dormant volcano and tries to use her talents to avert the looming destruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PIEPierce, Tamora.
Summary: Ten-year-old Keladry of Mindelan continues her training to become a squire with the aid of a new maid, the support of her friends, interference from some other pages, and some serious, even dangerous opposition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bluefire 2011
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PIEPierce, Tamora.
Summary: Four young misfits find themselves living in a strictly disciplined temple community where they become friends while also learning to do crafts and to use their powers, especially magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Point/Scholastic 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PIEPierce, Tamora.
Summary: Aly fails to foresee the dangers that await as she uses her magic to safeguard Dova and her younger siblings, despite knowing that her thirteen-year-old charge might be queen of the Copper Isles when the colonial rulers are defeated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PIEPierce, Tamora.
Summary: On visit to Namorn to visit her vast landholdings and her devious cousin, Empress Berenene, eighteen-year-old Sandry must rely on her childhood friends and fellow mages, Daja, Tris, and Briar, despite the distance that has grown between them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PIEPierce, Tamora.
Summary: With the help of her animal friends, Daine fights to save the kingdom of Tortall from ambitious mortals and dangerous immortals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1994
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Summary: After becoming a squire to Lord Raoul, commander of the King's Own, Kel of Mindelan, must face a terrifying test in the Chamber of the Ordeal before she can be a knight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PIEPierce, Tamora.
Summary: "The Yakuza's bloodthirsty Sano Orii returns, a genocidal shadow organization appears, and a new-but-old super-powered madman is looking to put the squeeze on White Tiger. Armed with mystical amulets - and finally in costume - White Tiger demands answers! But will she survive long enough to ask the right questions?"--cover p. 4.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2007
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Summary: The mage Numair, the knight Alanna, and Queen Thayet enlist thirteen-year-old Daine's help to battle the dreadful immortal creatures that have recently begun to attack the kingdom of Tortall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2005
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Summary: When she became a knight, eighteen-year-old Kel hoped to be given a combat post, but instead she finds herself named commander of an outpost of refugees, where she must face the unnatural forces of the evil Balyce.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2002
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Summary: With the defenses of Winding Circle Temple seriously weakened by an earthquake, Tris and her fellow mages-in-training try to join their different magic powers to protect the Winding Circle community from a pirate attack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1999