When Kel is chosen by the legendary Lord Raoul to be his squire, the conservatives of the realm hardly think she’s up to the job. Kel earns r...
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Jun 14, 2011
Kaye
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This is the final straw. The last of Tamora Pierce's books I will read. Ever. As a matter of fact, I'm going to set a precedent for myself and not bother to give points for books that really have no redeemable qualities. Let's just call it an "abridged" review.
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Morality - or, to be honest, a complete lack of. For only being fourteen years old, Kel already has a lot of knowledge that she shouldn't, if you know what I mean - and is harboring a crush o More...
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Morality - or, to be honest, a complete lack of. For only being fourteen years old, Kel already has a lot of knowledge that she shouldn't, if you know what I mean - and is harboring a crush o More...
Jun 04, 2011
AnEyeSpy
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*** "Squire" (Protector of the Small 3) by Tamora Pierce is the aptly titled straightforward, almost daily journal style description of years 16-18 of the first girl in a century training to be a knight, including digging latrines, injuries, and deaths. Strong, brave, and smart, her first real fight, against a centaur, yields a baby griffin. His sharp claws and talons show her patience and fortitude, and proficiency of magic healers, as do her daily practice jousts against the King's O
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May 28, 2011
JoLee
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I liked Page, but I loved Squire. Kel is no longer a page, she is Lord Raoul's squire. Hooray for Lord Raoul. His is the perfect knight master for Kel. Much better than Alanna would have been (as much as I like Alanna). With Lord Raoul's guidance, Kel really grows as a soldier, a jouster, a friend, a person. She has a bit of a romance with Cleon. I am a fan, even if it seems destine not to work out, mostly because I love Cleon's terms of endearment ("oh moon of my soul" and other such
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Apr 22, 2011
Robbie
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I really enjoyed this book the character Kel is very strong in her beliefs and wants so much to be a good person. She always does her best no matter the difficulty, challenges or misfortune that comes her way. She takes crap from everyone and doesn't let it bother her. She fights back when she needs to, but she does not pick the fights if she can help it. She is also a very human character, she doesn't have any magic powers, she is just like every other young person who is trying to become a kni
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Oct 31, 2010
Allison
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Sep 29, 2010
lisa
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oh my god raoul, there aren't enough heart-hands IN THE WORLD. he is so good and smart and funny and amazing! he has such faith in kel and in the system, and i mean, seriously, people with stupid amounts of honor are such a turn-on for me, and hfurevhreu RAOUL.
neal telling kel who his knight-master is = ♥. end of story. and the scene at the end with alanna is so fabulous! it made me cry a little.
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neal telling kel who his knight-master is = ♥. end of story. and the scene at the end with alanna is so fabulous! it made me cry a little.
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Jul 19, 2010
Emma
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In this novel Kel has to go through four years as a squire before she can become a knight. For those of you who have read the first two books you will understand what I mean when I say: Yes! One step closer Kel just get through this and you will be a knight!!! Not to say that the adventure ends when she becomes a knight because in Lady Knight you realize the adventure is only just beginning but that is for my next review. In Squire Tamora Pierce as always hits the ball out of the park and makes
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Jul 19, 2010
Rhiannon
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Although completing her Big Test to become a Squire was an enormous challenge due to her enemies at court, Kel is quickly discovering that being a girl squire is making it almost as difficult to get a Knight Master to train with for the next four years. Worse still, Neal ends up with her dream canidate. But as fortune would have it, this leaves Keladry of Midelan free to become squire to one of the most influential knights of the Realm. Lord Raoul of Goldenlake, Commander of the Kings Own.
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May 23, 2011
Iskreads
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I read Squire by Tamora Pierce. It is a great novel and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It fully captures the spirit of the Middle Ages in a fun and gripping way. Plus, Tamora writes with such enthusiasm and depth that it's hard not to fall in love with her books. Basically, it's about a girl who is training to become a knight. She is in her squire year, hence the title 'Squire'. Tamora Pierce is a feminist and I think she can really express that with this book. The whole story is basically ab
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Jul 23, 2010
Tricia
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Jun 23, 2008
Alissa
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I like this book because:
It has a lot of action,it's funny,and there is a lot of
challenges she must face, especially becoming a knight.
With a fear of heghts Kel must climb the highest part of the
palace to rescue her friend (who is actually her maid)and her dog,Jump,from unknown kidnappers, and many more challenges that come with being the leader of "The kings own" squire.
Now I need the last book, Knight.
It has a lot of action,it's funny,and there is a lot of
challenges she must face, especially becoming a knight.
With a fear of heghts Kel must climb the highest part of the
palace to rescue her friend (who is actually her maid)and her dog,Jump,from unknown kidnappers, and many more challenges that come with being the leader of "The kings own" squire.
Now I need the last book, Knight.
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Aug 01, 2011
Brittany
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The third book of the "Protector of the Small" series, Squire (obviously by the title) encapsulates the four years Kel spends as a squire. The beginning of the book she is wrought with concern that despite making it through her page studies, no knight will choose her to be their squire. However, she is finally chosen by Sir Raoul but mixed with bittersweet feelings as her best friend, Neal, goes to work with her insipration, Lady Knight Alanna. Raoul and Kel are well matched and (of co
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Feb 24, 2011
Nata
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Kel, the second female knight in the realm of Tortall, is on her way to the final test of knighthood. Kel had been the first to go as a girl, for Alanna, the first female knight, had posed as a boy. Nothing could have prepared her for the taunts and threats and insults she would receive, even some of the teachers had hidden prejudices towards her. But this was supposed to be over, as a squire, things were supposed to change, but Kel will have to work before things change for her, and for the gir
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Sep 23, 2011
Erin
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Listening to Bernadette Dunne read this book was so exciting I hated to get out of my car. In fact, I sat in my driveway a couple of times just to hear "a little bit more" before I shut off my engine and went inside. It's a longer book than First Test and Page because it encompasses all four years of Kel's time as Raoul's squire, including some very exciting battle scenes and tournaments.
I appreciated the realism of Kel's crushes on Cleon and Dom and how she struggled to More...
I appreciated the realism of Kel's crushes on Cleon and Dom and how she struggled to More...
May 17, 2009
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This was an amazing, descriptive, pulling and enticing book. Pierce's writing capabilities and overall style was greatly improved, showing through to this book. It was filled with an amazing air for detail and quality, and I loved the rainbow wave of emotions Kel overtook. Pierce was a amazing author before, but there is no doubt she has improved, which stuns me even more, as I held her in the best author's spot yet before these books--Now she by far surpasses any other.
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Sep 20, 2011
Christey
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From the point-of-view of the young Keledry of Mindelan, who is earning her shield to become a knight, Kel is now serving as a squire to Knightmaster Raoul. While Pierce’s writing in this novel is somewhat simplistic, the fact that Kel herself is only in her early teens really makes this acceptable and expected. Although the writing is somewhat young and simple, the diction itself maintains some maturity. Given the fact that Kel herself is a mature, level-headed girl the language throughout the
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Jun 30, 2011
I have read this series at least once a year since the first time I got it. Pierce's portrayal of a young girl striving to accomplish a dream while being looked down on by many because of her gender was something that I, although having never personally experienced sexism at that level, understood and appreciated. Keladry is a great heroine and her ability to remain calm in the face of enormous obstacles is inspiring to me each time I read the series. The books aren't perfect, there are a few in
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Oct 31, 2011
Mary Kathryn
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As part of a project of mine, I am reading some of my childhood favorites again. Part fun, part exploration - I expect to learn something about myself in the process.
Both First Test and Page are good books if a little short. So far, Squire has them beat in terms of length as this one is quite a bit longer. My biggest problem with the writing style is that there is too much reiterating, too much summary of what has already happened. I think it's a bit insulting - like saying we can't More...
Both First Test and Page are good books if a little short. So far, Squire has them beat in terms of length as this one is quite a bit longer. My biggest problem with the writing style is that there is too much reiterating, too much summary of what has already happened. I think it's a bit insulting - like saying we can't More...
May 20, 2011
Leon
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One of the main things I didn't like was the romance thing. Kel did seem fickle at the beginning, and honestly, I was expecting more from Dom. I also found Joren's death a bit desappointing. I mean, he made a lot of fuss the first two books, and his death was very abrupt. There hardly seemed to be any thoughts afterwards about him after he gave Kel so much trouble. I kept expecting him to appear later with this grand scheme, kind of like Roger of Conté.
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Sep 20, 2011
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One of my favorite things about this book is the strength of the language that Tamora Pierce uses. Because of how she uses words, the relationships between characters are clearly defined, the setting itself is clearly defined, and the prose is clear without being overly dramatic or excessively long. In a lot of ways, the story tells itself so well that the images of the battlefields and the campgrounds, of the marches and the mealtimes are practically engraved in my mind.
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Jun 06, 2011
Em
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This is, by far, my favorite of the Kel books. You get to spend a lot more time with old friends from the Alanna books in this one, compared to the first two in the series.
Kel's worked hard for 4 years, to become a squire, and now she is one, and her Knight Master, Raoul, is a good one. Her position is an interesting one, and she's able to show that it wasn't a fluke that she made it to squire. It always amused me how Kel didn't know how good she was at various things, like tilting, de More...
Kel's worked hard for 4 years, to become a squire, and now she is one, and her Knight Master, Raoul, is a good one. Her position is an interesting one, and she's able to show that it wasn't a fluke that she made it to squire. It always amused me how Kel didn't know how good she was at various things, like tilting, de More...
Jul 07, 2008
Myuu *Rocket Girl*
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This was great! Joren dead, one of his cronies having a nervous breakdown, a griffin! Well. . . there is somthing. . . MORE OF MYLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oct 23, 2010
Sandy
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Kel is at first very worried that she will not be picked as a squire. But of course, she is because she has worked harder than all the boys! It also helps that a certain someone has asked a friend to pick her. Kel becomes squire to Lord Raoul, of the King's Own. He teaches her not just how to be a knight, but how to command. Here again, Kel excels in training. And every year until she is to face the "Chamber of the Ordeal", she has her own little ordeal with it and her fears. She conti
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Feb 19, 2009
Arya
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This was a good coming of age book. I loved it that the romance between Cleon and Kel stayed chaste (only kissing) though it was in danger of being otherwise- good job Kel!!
I also LOVED Raoul. He was a perfect Knight-master for Keladry. He was kind and had a witty, dry since of humor.
Graystreak- ugh!!- so, so, so freaked me out!!! I'm sort of hoping that she gets to run him through in Lady Knight which is sort of violent for me but...
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I also LOVED Raoul. He was a perfect Knight-master for Keladry. He was kind and had a witty, dry since of humor.
Graystreak- ugh!!- so, so, so freaked me out!!! I'm sort of hoping that she gets to run him through in Lady Knight which is sort of violent for me but...
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Jul 04, 2009
Stephannestacey
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In this book, I think I really started to see Kel's strengths with those smaller than herself. We also have seen and continue to see her ability to work with others. I don't think that the other characters in the story are weak, but I have to say that Kel is really a wonderfully written protagonist. I also love that Pierce decided to place this character in a time and setting of knights. A woman trying to make it in a man's world. It really gives strength to women in situations that are dominate
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May 06, 2009
Kate
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Again, I didn't like this one as much as the first one. I kept getting confused by how much time had passed by, and how old she was. I would also get confused by what she was doing; some of the descriptions were kind of hard to follow. And I miss her friends--they brought a lot of the humor to the story. I don't really like her um...romance. I guess it's more like a kissing companion. There isn't a lot to the relationship, they just kiss. Which is also a little disapointing. And it wasn'
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Apr 02, 2010
Chachic
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Kel has finished her four years as a page and has moved on to become a squire. The famous Knight Commander of the King's Own, Lord Raoul, has chosen her to be his squire. At first Kel was disappointed because she always dreamed of being a squire for her idol, Lady Knight Alanna but she quickly realizes that she's going to enjoy serving under Lord Raoul. Squire covers four years, in which Kel had to travel with the King's Own all over the realm and encounter one adventure after another. Squire is
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Jan 27, 2009
Tawnya
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Again, a good read. This covers, all of Kel's years as a squire and her test to become a Knight (ages 14-18). The books become a little darker and the themes and action a little more mature---rather like the Harry Potter books--which is appropriate as Kel grows up. So a wouldn't recommend that entire series for an 11 year old even though that is how they begin. I still really like the series as Kel is a good role model for standing up for what's right and fighting for justice for the underdo
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Jun 05, 2011
Karen
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Lord Rual is very good to Keladry, teaching her how to joust, how to take a hit, and how to unset her opponent. Kel also realizes that her body is changing and that certain other Squires are starting to take notice. Kel wants nothing more than to get her shield and become a Knight. She doesn't have time for romance but nature has a way of turning things around. Kel finds the power of love a new and confusing challenge.
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Kel is put into jousting matches against Knights that are more experienc More...
Oct 24, 2011
Erin
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I'm loving the layered characters in this series. Yes, Kel is the main character, but there's not a whole whole lot going on for her other than following her knight-master into battle. So instead we get to delve a bit more deeply into some previously introduced characters from Alanna's books, which was really cool. I love the sense that we aren't leaving anyone behind, we're just kind of seeing the world through a telescope and we're panned away from some people until their path crosses our l
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