What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

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The Edge on the Sword
SOLVED: Children's/YA
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SOLVED. Medieval-ish setting, Girl forced to marry, has a bodyguard possibly named Red, and two horses named Apple and Oat [s]
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She read it in and around the early 2000's. She thinks it may have been a finalist for either the Silver Birch or Red Maple Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading awards (https://www.accessola.org/OLAWEB/Fore...). The main female character also may have been knighted...she can't remember exactly. She also doesn't think it was part of a series. Main character may have had red hair.