Tamora Pierce
1) Terrier
Author
Series
Beka Cooper volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of "Dogs," as the Provost's Guards are called, she uses her police training, natural abilities, and a touch of magic to help them solve the case of a murdered baby in Tortall's Lower City.
2) Mastiff
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Beka, having just lost her fiance in a slaver's raid, is able to distract herself by going with her team on an important hunt at the queen's request, unaware that the throne of Tortall depends on their success.
3) Bloodhound
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
Having been promoted from "Puppy" to "Dog," Beka, now a full-fledged member of the Provost's Guard, and her former partner head to a neighboring port city to investigate a case of counterfeit coins.
4) Squire
Author
Series
Protector of the small volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
After becoming a squire to Lord Raoul, commander of the King's Own, Kel of Mindelan, must face a terrifying test in the Chamber of the Ordeal before she can be a knight.
5) Lady knight
Author
Series
Protector of the small volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she became a knight, eighteen-year-old Kel hoped to be given a combat post, but instead she finds herself named commander of an outpost of refugees, where she must face the unnatural forces of the evil Balyce.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aly fails to foresee the dangers that await as she uses her magic to safeguard Dova and her younger siblings, despite knowing that her thirteen-year-old charge might be queen of the Copper Isles when the colonial rulers are defeated.
Author
Series
Circle reforged volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Residents of the island of Starns send for help from Winding Circle temple, and when prickly green mage Rosethorn and young stone mage trainee Evvy respond, Evvy finds that the problem is with a long-dormant volcano and tries to use her talents to avert the looming destruction.