![]() ![]() ![]() The well-illustrated Annotations cover unusual words, ideas, and objects mentioned, real-world cultural, historical, and literary references, and the major thematic issues that develop throughout the quartet. ![]() The Notes cover Tamora Pierce's life and work the world of Tortall (including the geography, cast, and neighbouring cultures) the strange menagerie of immortal creatures who may be friend or foe the pantheon of interfering multicultural god/desse/s knighthood and the school series format that Pierce adapts. The four books making up The Protector of the Small are the 9th to 12th (of 15) novels set in Tortall, and follow the progress of Keladry of Mindelan from the first openly female page in more than a century to her attainment of Knighthood and introduction to war. Tamora Pierce is a prolific and very unusual modern master of fantasy for young adults and the first such author to appear regularly on the New York Times bestseller lists. ![]()
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