Lady Knight
by:
Tamora Pierce (author)
The fourth and final book in the epic Protector of the Small series from award-winning US author, Tamora Pierce. Kel has achieved her ultimate ambition - she is a knight of Tortall. But now she must fulfil a knight's duty and fight for her country against the Scanran invasion. The Scanrans are...
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The fourth and final book in the epic Protector of the Small series from award-winning US author, Tamora Pierce. Kel has achieved her ultimate ambition - she is a knight of Tortall. But now she must fulfil a knight's duty and fight for her country against the Scanran invasion. The Scanrans are stealing children to power their terifying fighting machines, and Kel is desperate to join the fight...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780439963565 (0439963567)
Publish date: December 10th 2004
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages no: 370
Edition language: English
Series: Protector of the Small (#4)
Absolutely love this series. Great for both young girls and boys.
[spoiler] First Test What I didn't like: What the hell was up with the sparrows? No seriously, what was with the sparrows. Every time they were mentioned, I had to roll my eyes. The only reason they were there was to lead Kel to the spidrens. They literally served no other purpose to the story. They...
I love Keladry's series so much. This is a review of the whole quartet. In a lot of ways this could have been a repeat of Alanna's series. Girl wants to be a knight, finds a way to be a knight, and has to deal with bullies and challenges. However, Kel is such a different character and faces differen...
The final book in the Protector of the Small quartet finds Kel newly knighted and off to her first assignment, a command post nonetheless. The fact that her first assignment makes her a commander makes her more upset than anything else, first because she's nervous the more experienced knights and so...
While I still love the book, I guess this is my least favourite of the quartet. Not that it's not well written, it just gets repititious at times, and could probably easily have been 50-100 pages shorter. Long fight-scenes just aren't my cup of tea.Still charming though - I don't think Tamora Pierce...