The Resource First test, Tamora Pierce
First test, Tamora Pierce
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The item First test, Tamora Pierce represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item First test, Tamora Pierce represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Note
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- Includes an excerpt from "Page", the sequel
- Various printings
- Includes glossary
- Isbn
- 9780679889175
- Label
- First test
- Title
- First test
- Statement of responsibility
- Tamora Pierce
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Review
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- Books for Youth, Middle Readers: Gr. 4-7. Pierce begins a new sequence of books set in her imaginary kingdom of Tortall with a new heroine, 10-year-old Keladry, who must fight her way through her first year of knight training as a page. Despite Alanna's success years before (recounted in The Lioness Quartet), both the knight trainer, Lord Wyldon, and Kel's fellow pages oppose a girl being introduced into the program, so Kel uses her wits and courage to overcome the many obstacles set for her in her probationary year. Pierce takes small liberties with her medieval setting (Kel has a privy and eats with cutlery) but does a fine job making Kel's perceptions of the concrete details come to life. Part school story, complete with bullies; part fantasy with powerful evil creatures such as the disgusting Spidren; and part animal story as Kel makes friends with a flock of sparrows and bonds with her balky gelding Peachblossom, this is a splendidly rousing feast. ((Reviewed June 1 & 15, 1999)) -- Susan Dove Lempke
- Gr 5-8-Ten years after the proclamation that girls are eligible for a page's training at the court of King Jonathan of Tortall, 10-year-old Keladry applies and is accepted, but on probation, a condition never forced on male applicants. Resolutely accepting the challenge, the hostility of the royal training master, and harassment by fellow pages, Kel makes her way through this difficult year. Trained from early childhood by stoic Yamani warriors, she is capable of hiding her feelings, fearless in a fight, and willing to work hard to develop the necessary physical capacity. Her sympathy and support for the underdog and her sense of chivalry earn her the admiration of a group of fellow pages. She also befriends the sparrows that live outside her window and wins over a difficult horse. Kel performs well in her first real battle and is grudgingly allowed to stay for another year of training. The medieval/magical world of Tortall has been the setting for eight of the author's titles; in First Test, the first of a new series, this fantasy world is clear and well developed, allowing the book to stand on its own. Characters who may be familiar to readers of the previous titles are reintroduced successfully or remain on the sidelines. The scrappy Kel is an appealing and believable girl whose struggles to integrate a formerly all-male world are both familiar and freshly told. This is smooth storytelling and a satisfying read.-Kathleen Isaacs, Edmund Burke School, Washington, DC Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 083747
- Cataloging source
- sdee
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pierce, Tamora
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 760L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 5
- 8
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Reading level
- 5.3
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Protector of the small
- Series volume
- 1
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Knights and knighthood
- Sex role
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- First test, Tamora Pierce
- Note
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- Includes an excerpt from "Page", the sequel
- Various printings
- Includes glossary
- Carrier category
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- volume
- sheet
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- nb
- Carrier MARC source
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- rdacarrier
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 18 cm.
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679889175
- Lccn
- 98030903
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
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- 9780679989141
- 9780679889144
- Other physical details
- map
- Label
- First test, Tamora Pierce
- Note
-
- Includes an excerpt from "Page", the sequel
- Various printings
- Includes glossary
- Carrier category
-
- volume
- sheet
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- nb
- Carrier MARC source
-
- rdacarrier
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 18 cm.
- Extent
- 240 pages
- Isbn
- 9780679889175
- Lccn
- 98030903
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
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- 9780679989141
- 9780679889144
- Other physical details
- map
Subject
- trueKeladry of Mindelan (Fictitious character)
- trueKnights and knighthood
- Knights and knighthood -- Juvenile fiction
- Large type books
- trueDetermination in girls
- Fantasy fiction
- trueGender role
- trueRoyal pages
- Sex role -- Juvenile fiction
- trueTen-year-old girls
- trueTortall (Imaginary place)
Genre
Member of
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Review
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- Books for Youth, Middle Readers: Gr. 4-7. Pierce begins a new sequence of books set in her imaginary kingdom of Tortall with a new heroine, 10-year-old Keladry, who must fight her way through her first year of knight training as a page. Despite Alanna's success years before (recounted in The Lioness Quartet), both the knight trainer, Lord Wyldon, and Kel's fellow pages oppose a girl being introduced into the program, so Kel uses her wits and courage to overcome the many obstacles set for her in her probationary year. Pierce takes small liberties with her medieval setting (Kel has a privy and eats with cutlery) but does a fine job making Kel's perceptions of the concrete details come to life. Part school story, complete with bullies; part fantasy with powerful evil creatures such as the disgusting Spidren; and part animal story as Kel makes friends with a flock of sparrows and bonds with her balky gelding Peachblossom, this is a splendidly rousing feast. ((Reviewed June 1 & 15, 1999)) -- Susan Dove Lempke
- Gr 5-8-Ten years after the proclamation that girls are eligible for a page's training at the court of King Jonathan of Tortall, 10-year-old Keladry applies and is accepted, but on probation, a condition never forced on male applicants. Resolutely accepting the challenge, the hostility of the royal training master, and harassment by fellow pages, Kel makes her way through this difficult year. Trained from early childhood by stoic Yamani warriors, she is capable of hiding her feelings, fearless in a fight, and willing to work hard to develop the necessary physical capacity. Her sympathy and support for the underdog and her sense of chivalry earn her the admiration of a group of fellow pages. She also befriends the sparrows that live outside her window and wins over a difficult horse. Kel performs well in her first real battle and is grudgingly allowed to stay for another year of training. The medieval/magical world of Tortall has been the setting for eight of the author's titles; in First Test, the first of a new series, this fantasy world is clear and well developed, allowing the book to stand on its own. Characters who may be familiar to readers of the previous titles are reintroduced successfully or remain on the sidelines. The scrappy Kel is an appealing and believable girl whose struggles to integrate a formerly all-male world are both familiar and freshly told. This is smooth storytelling and a satisfying read.-Kathleen Isaacs, Edmund Burke School, Washington, DC Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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