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The woman who rides like a man
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The woman who rides like a man

Author: Tamora Pierce
Publisher: New York : Simon Pulse, 2005, ©1986.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : English : 1st Simon Pulse edView all editions and formats
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On her first tour as a knight errant, Alanna assumes a position of influence with a fierce desert tribe, makes some changes in the role of women in the society, and continues her own emotional development. "Let her prove herself worthy as a man." Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death --  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Young adult fiction., Fantasy fiction.
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Tamora Pierce
ISBN: 0689878583 : 9780689878589
OCLC Number: 57383144
Description: 284 p. : map ; 18 cm.
Responsibility: by Tamora Pierce.
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On her first tour as a knight errant, Alanna assumes a position of influence with a fierce desert tribe, makes some changes in the role of women in the society, and continues her own emotional development. "Let her prove herself worthy as a man." Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death -- either she will be killed or she will be inducted into the tribe. Although she triumphs, dire challenges lie ahead. As her mythic fate would have it, Alanna soon becomes the tribe's first female shaman -- despite the desert dwellers' grave fear of the foreign woman warrior. Alanna must fight to change the ancient tribal customs of the desert tribes -- for their sake and for the sake of all Tortall. Alanna's journey continues.

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