This story is set in a future society where speed and efficiency are the most important things. Every sentence spoken must be ended with the word go. Adverbs are considered unnecessary and a waste of time. Movies are only 15 minutes long and beds are designed so you can sleep standing up. All citize...
I finished it and was SO ANGRY. Then I learned there was a sequel and my rage was transformed into joyous anticipation.
Great fun, a bit predictable, best to read Foiled first.Aliera is back, with her foil, to battle the powers of darkness. Great illustrations, good plot, with a few mysteries thrown in.
Aliera doesn’t really know how she feels about being the Defender of the Faerie world. She does know that she wants Avery to stop following her around though. She is so sick of him insisting on helping her. She doesn’t want anything to do with that troll.But, after she and her family are put in gra...
Jane Yolen is great. I think it is wonderful that she came up with this wonderfully strong heroine whose power comes from her fencing helmet and foil. Colorblind Aliera has only seen the world in black, white, and grays until events cause her to look for head protection and she puts on her fencing h...
Our fencing heroine is now a "Defender" of a Seelie Court. Not that she has much idea what's going on.Still neither bad nor brilliant, but a little more engaging than the first volume, though I wish Aliera would start listening and stop objecting to things for the sake of objecting.Definitely an u...
Aliera fences (and roleplays on the weekend). This puts her outside any of the cliques at her school - fencing doesn't fit with the jocks, she's not smart enough to be a nerd, gloomy enough to be a goth, etc etc. [Evidently this school doesn't have a geek clique, because they'd be all over her.] ...
A graphic novel about fencing and magic in New York, written by Jane Yolen.I loved it even more than I thought I would.
She reads a lot, but isn't an especially good student; she's a competitive fencer, but she doesn't have a lot of friends. Let's just say I loved it and expect any fans of Mallory from The Field Guide will too.Library copy
I enjoyed this book! I smiled, pretty much, the whole time I read it. I hope there are sequels.
Log in with Facebook 
