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Terrier (novel)
''Terrier'' is a young adult fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the first book in the '' Provost's Dog'' trilogy and the fifteenth book set in the Tortall Universe. It tells the story of Rebakah "Beka" Cooper, the ancestor of George Cooper from ''Song of the Lioness'' and Alianne from ''Trickster's Choice'' and ''Trickster's Queen''. It is set 200 years prior to the bulk of the Tortall novels. Plot summary The story is told in the form of a series of journal entries made by Beka Cooper as she trains to become a Provosts Dog, a nickname for the police men and women in the employ of the Lord Provost of Tortall, with a prelude taken from Eleni Cooper's diary in which she relates Beka's story to her son George. Beka is also the surrogate daughter of the Provost, having helped him capture a band of dangerous criminals when she was only 8 years old. Lord Gershom adopts her, her mother, and her brothers and sisters from the "scummer" life of Mutt Piddle Lane, where the very poor live. Beka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 American Novels
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebekah (Beka) Cooper
The ''Provost's Dog'' trilogy is a series of young adult fantasy novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...s by best-selling author Tamora Pierce. The series is a prequel to Pierce's first quartet, ''The Song of the Lioness'', and is set in the fictional monarchy, kingdom of Tortall two hundred years earlier. It details the adventures of Beka Cooper, a sixteen-year-old recruit of the Lord Provost, originally from a slum, lower city family and now in service to the Provost's Guard. Series *''Terrier (novel), Terrier'' (October 2006) *''Bloodhound (novel), Bloodhound'' (April 2009) *''Mastiff (novel), Mastiff'', previous working title ''Elkhound'' (October 2011) Characters Major characters *Rebekah "Beka" Cooper – A young, up-and-coming member of the Provo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trickster's Queen
The ''Daughter of the Lioness'' series (also known as the Tricksters series) by Tamora Pierce Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, ''The Song of the Lioness'' (1983–1988), wh ... is a series of two novels set in the fictional Tortall universe. It is centered on Alianne of Pirate's Swoop, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Tortall's legendary lady knight, Alanna the Lioness, who was the subject of '' The Song of the Lioness'' quartet. The novels take place approximately 24 years after the last book in the quartet, '' Lioness Rampant''. History, politics and culture of the Copper Isles Most of the series is set in the fictional Copper Isles, a group of islands roughly west of Tortall, in the Tortall Universe. They were once ruled over by the native raka, whose inheritance came from the mother's line, and who allowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of The Lioness
''The Song of the Lioness'' is a young adult series of fantasy novels published in the 1980s by Tamora Pierce. The series consists of four books: '' Alanna: The First Adventure'' (1983), '' In the Hand of the Goddess'' (1984), '' The Woman Who Rides Like a Man'' (1986) and '' Lioness Rampant'' (1988). Plot summary Noblewoman Alanna of Trebond, disguised as the boy "Alan", exchanges places with her twin brother Thom, to go to the royal palace in the city of Corus to train for knighthood, while Thom studies magic. Throughout the four novels Alanna struggles with her gender identity, as well as going through puberty and bullying. Alanna befriends characters of a wide background during the quartet including George, the commoner king of the thieves; the scholar Sir Myles of Olau; senior students Gareth (Gary) of Naxen, Raoul of Goldenlake, and Prince Jonathan of Conté; Princess Thayet of Sarain; Liam Ironarm, a martial-arts champion; and Buriram (Buri) Tourakom, Thayet's bodyguard. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tortall
This is a list of works by American fantasy author Tamora Pierce. Works Tortall universe The Tortall universe is a fictional setting shared by six book series: he''Song of the Lioness''; he''Immortals, or Wild Magic''; ''Protector of the Small''; ''Daughter of the Lioness, or Tricksters''; and ''Beka Cooper'' (''Provost's Dog''); the Numair Chronicles, as well as multiple short stories."Tamora Pierce – Summary Bibliography" Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 2013-03-13. Setting The Tortall series is named for the country in which the majority of the works are set, Tortall. The capital of Tortall is Corus, located near the western coast on the Emerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provost's Dog
The ''Provost's Dog'' trilogy is a series of young adult fantasy novels by best-selling author Tamora Pierce. The series is a prequel to Pierce's first quartet, ''The Song of the Lioness'', and is set in the fictional kingdom of Tortall two hundred years earlier. It details the adventures of Beka Cooper, a sixteen-year-old recruit of the Lord Provost, originally from a lower city family and now in service to the Provost's Guard. Series *''Terrier'' (October 2006) *''Bloodhound'' (April 2009) *''Mastiff'', previous working title ''Elkhound'' (October 2011) Characters Major characters *Rebekah "Beka" Cooper – A young, up-and-coming member of the Provost's Guard and protégée to the Lord Provost. Ancestor of George Cooper. Beka has magic that allows her to hear restless spirits on the backs of pigeons and dust spinners (beings of air that catch sounds and conversations on breezes). She is sometimes referred to as Fishpuppy, a reference to her first night as a "Puppy", w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient mythology, myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic (paranormal), magic or other supernatural elements as a main Plot (narrative), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Books
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Young Adult Literature
Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate with the age and experience of the protagonist. The genres available in YA are expansive and include most of those found in adult fiction. Common themes related to YA include friendship, first love, relationships, and identity. Stories that focus on the specific challenges of youth are sometimes referred to as problem novels or coming-of-age novels. Young adult fiction was developed to soften the transition between children's novels and adult literature. History Beginning The history of young adult literature is tied to the history of how childhood and young adulthood has been perceived. One early writer to recognize young adults as a distinct age group was Sarah Trimmer, who, in 1802, described "young adulthood" as lasting from ages 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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