As a page in the palace Keladry of Mindelan is fighting, performing her studies, and keeping up with the bullies in the page's and squire's wing. But being the only girl among 20-30 boys is not easy, especially when being put up with a older, stronger boy named Joren, a conservative who hates Keladry, and fighting new emotions for her best friend. | ||
Plot & Themes Tone of book - very upbeat FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world Coming of age Yes Youngster becomes - great warrior Training/Apprent. Yes Working up the ranks of... Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14) Descript. of chases or violence - 30 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 % Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - a teen Profession/status: How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book. How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Terrain Earth setting: - during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |