First Test
Book 1 of the Protector of the Small Quartet
Narrator: Bernadette Dunne
Imprint: Listening Library
Grades: Grade 7 & Up
Ages: 12 and up
Release Date: April 24, 2007
5 Hours and 46 Minutes
List Price: $46.75
ISBN: 9780739349113
Categories:
Young Adult Fiction - Fantasy - Historical, Young Adult Fiction - Historical - Medieval, Young Adult Fiction - Girls & Women
Tamora Pierce returns to the land of Tortall with a heroine who refuses to quit in this first book in the #1 New York Times–bestselling Protector of the Small series.
Ten years after knighthood training was opened to both males and females, no girl has been brave enough to try. But knighthood is Keladry’s one true desire, and so she steps forward to put herself to the test.
Up against the traditional hazing of pages and a grueling schedule, Kel faces one roadblock that seems insurmountable: Lord Wyldon, the training master of pages and squires. He is absolutely against girls becoming knights. So while he is forced to train her, Wyldon puts her on a probationary trial period that no male page has ever had to endure. Further set apart from her fellow trainees, Kel’s path to knighthood is now that much harder. But she is determined to try, and she’s making friends in the most unlikely places. One thing is for sure, Kel is not a girl to underestimate.
Ten years after knighthood training was opened to both males and females, no girl has been brave enough to try. But knighthood is Keladry’s one true desire, and so she steps forward to put herself to the test.
Up against the traditional hazing of pages and a grueling schedule, Kel faces one roadblock that seems insurmountable: Lord Wyldon, the training master of pages and squires. He is absolutely against girls becoming knights. So while he is forced to train her, Wyldon puts her on a probationary trial period that no male page has ever had to endure. Further set apart from her fellow trainees, Kel’s path to knighthood is now that much harder. But she is determined to try, and she’s making friends in the most unlikely places. One thing is for sure, Kel is not a girl to underestimate.
