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The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

By - Tamora Pierce
Floor - Floor 3
Published - Simon Pulse, New York, 2005, ©1986
ISBN 10 - 0689878583
ISBN 13 - 9780689878589
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Alanna, of Trebond (Fictitious character)
Shelf No - 5
Call Number - 813.54 PIE
Physical Description - 284 pages : map ; 18 cm.
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"Let her prove herself worthy as a man." 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. Alanna's journey continues...

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