New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House Childrens Books, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Number Line Indicates A Fourth Printing Of This Hardcover Edition. Includes: Cast Of Characters, Acknowledgments And Glossary. The Book Is Bound In Green Paper Over Boards With Dark Green Lettering On The Spine.

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In the sixth grade, Tamora Pierce was encouraged by her father to start writing and she immediately got hooked. Once she discovered fantasy and science fiction, she tried to write the same kind of stories she read, only with teenaged girl heroines who were usually missing from the 1960s stories. Before her junior year at the University of Pennsylvania where she studied psychology, Pierce rediscovered writing when she wrote her first original short story since tenth grade. She sold her first story a year later and then enrolled in a fiction writing course during her senior year. When her teacher suggested that she tackle a novel, her childhood ideas came back to her and she began her first sword and sorcery novel. Pierce then worked as a housemother in an Idaho group home for teenaged girls, who loved hearing Alanna’s story from the in-progress quartet, Song of the Lioness. As Pierce continued to write and send out manuscripts, she moved to Manhattan to get her publishing career off the ground. Pierce still lives in Manhattan with her husband, writer/filmmaker Tim, and their three cats, two parakeets, plus a floating population of rescued wildlife. She enjoys her hectic life as a full-time writer and she hopes that her books leave her readers with the feeling that they can achieve anything if they want it badly enough. Tamora Pierce is a popular author of fantasy books for teenagers. In her latest quartet, Protector of the Small, readers follow heroine Kel as she rigorously trains for the knighthood.

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Bookseller: Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 047732
Title: Squire (The Protector of the Small)
Author: Pierce, Tamora
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0679889167
ISBN 13: 9780679889168
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
Pages: 399
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Knights And Knighthood - Fiction; Fantasy Fiction - Young Adult. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic

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