Tamora Pierce (Teen Reads: Student Companions to Young Adult Literature)

Tamora Pierce has a large following of teen and adult readers, who savor her fantasy novels with strong female characters. This volume provides her readers and fans with additional insights into her life and work. The first section provides a biographical chapter and literary heritage. The second and third sections analyze the Tales of Tortall and the Magic Circle Sagas as a whole, providing details into the characters and settings of each. The final section of the book, Perspectives, includes both a section on literary techniques along with an interview of Tamora Pierce herself. Appendices include a section on Power Female Heroes, and Fantasy Adventures.Novels include: \*The Song of the Lioness Quartet \*The Immortals Quartet \*The Protector of the Small Quartet \*The Trickster Duology \*The Magic Circle Quartet \*The Circle Opens Quartet \*The Will of the Empress Contents......Page 8 Series Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Part 1 Background......Page 14 1 A Brief Biography......Page 16 2 Literary Heritage......Page 22 Part 2 The Tales of Tortall......Page 30 3 The Song of the Lioness Quartet......Page 32 4 The Immortals Quartet......Page 70 5 The Protector of the Small Quartet......Page 114 6 The Trickster Duology......Page 152 Part 3 The Circle of Magic Sagas......Page 182 7 The Circle of Magic Quartet, The Circle Opens Quartet, and The Will of the Empress......Page 184 Part 4 Perspectives......Page 256 8 Literary Techniques......Page 258 9 An Interview with Tamora Pierce......Page 264 Appendix A: Strong Female Heroes: A Bibliography......Page 280 Appendix B: Fantasy Adventure: A Bibliography......Page 282 Bibliography of Sources......Page 286 Index......Page 290 About the Authors......Page 294 Tamora Pierce has a large following of teen and adult readers, who savor her fantasy novels with strong female characters. This volume provides her readers and fans with additional insights into her life and work. The first section provides a biographical chapter and literary heritage. The second and third sections analyze the Tales of Tortall and the Magic Circle Sagas as a whole, providing details into the characters and settings of each. The final section of the book, Perspectives, includes both a section on literary techniques along with an interview of Tamora Pierce herself. Appendices include a section on Power Female Heroes, and Fantasy Adventures. Novels *The Song of the Lioness Quartet *The Immortals Quartet *The Protector of the Small Quartet *The Trickster Duology *The Magic Circle Quartet *The Circle Opens Quartet *The Will of the Empress Part 1. Background Part 2. The tales of Tortall Part 3. The magic circle sagas Part 4. Perspectives. Tamora Pierce is one of the most popular fantasy writers for young adults today