Bibliograph

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Pierce, Tamora

Type

Label

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Pierce, Tamora

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

790L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

869434681

Responsibility statement

Pierce, Tamora

Series statement

Song of the lioness, [bk. 3]

Summary

From Tamora Pierce, the third book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award. Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death?either she will be killed or she will be inducted into the tribe. Although she triumphs, dire challenges lie ahead. As her mythic fate would have it, Alanna soon becomes the tribe's first female shaman?despite the desert dwellers? grave fear of the foreign woman warrior. Alanna must fight to change the ancient tribal customs of the desert tribes?for their sake and for the sake of all Tortall

Target audience

juvenile

Classification