First Test - Protector of the Small 1 - Tamora Pierce Book Review

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" In First Test, the main character, Kel, decides to be a page but finds out she has to be on probation. Kel tries her best to succeed. After she goes on a hunt for spidrens, magical beings, she finds out she has passed the first test and can come back again." Megam M, Resident Tamora Pierce Scholar
"Lord Wyldon, training overseer for Tortall's knights-in-training, has always been opposed to the law that girls may train as knights. But when a girl actually submits for training, he is furious. Keladry of Mindelan must go through the ordeal of knight training and prejudice from the boys to gain friends and become a Lady Knight, but how can she prove herself when she is on a year's probation under Wyldon's nose?" CoolPD, Resident Tamora Pierce Scholar
"For ten years girls have been invited to train toward becoming a knight. When a young girl finally applies, she is put on a years probation, and survives prejudice and pranks from the other page trainees with spirit and intelligence. " carol dunkerley, Resident Tamora Pierce Scholar
"A young girl undertakes a probationary period to become a knight. In a world that now have many monsters, it's a hard life to try for. Yet, with her friends, she has a chance." Jennifer, Resident Tamora Pierce Scholar
"Like the Lioness quartet this book takes place in Tortall. King Jonathon is now allowing girls to train as Knights, but requires them to go through one year of probation to stay at the castle and train. This story tells how Kel goes through in her first year in training and her probation." Jessica, Resident Tamora Pierce Scholar

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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 42%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%

Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - great warrior
Training/Apprent. Yes
Working up the ranks of... - armed forces
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Eccentric: Yes
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a kid - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - student
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Terrain - Mountains - Forests
Earth setting: - general past
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - humans in a primitive/fantasy society - humans in a contemporary society - very controlled society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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