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| Original Title: | Terrier |
| ISBN: | 037581468X (ISBN13: 9780375814686) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.tamora-pierce.com/about_beka.html |
| Series: | Beka Cooper #1, Tortall, Tortall (chronological order) #1 , more |
| Characters: | Beka Cooper |
| Setting: | Tortall |
| Literary Awards: | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2012), West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers (2009), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2009) |
Tamora Pierce
Hardcover | Pages: 581 pages Rating: 4.15 | 59640 Users | 1888 Reviews
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Hundreds of years before Alanna first drew her sword in Tamora Pierce's memorable debut, Alanna: The First Adventure, Tortall had a heroine named Beka Cooper - a fierce young woman who fights crime in a world of magic. This is the beginning of her story, her legend, and her legacy....Beka Cooper is a rookie with the law-enforcing Provost's Guard, commonly known as "the Provost's Dogs," in Corus, the capital city of Tortall. To the surprise of both the veteran "Dogs" and her fellow "puppies," Beka requests duty in the Lower City. The Lower City is a tough beat. But it's also where Beka was born, and she's comfortable there.
Beka gets her wish. She's assigned to work with Mattes and Clary, famed veterans among the Provost's Dogs. They're tough, they're capable, and they're none too happy about the indignity of being saddled with a puppy for the first time in years. What they don't know is that Beka has something unique to offer. Never much of a talker, Beka is a good listener. So good, in fact, that she hears things that Mattes and Clary never could - information that is passed in murmurs when flocks of pigeons gather ... murmurs that are the words of the dead.
In this way, Beka learns of someone in the Lower City who has overturned the power structure of the underworld and is terrorizing its citizens into submission and silence. Beka's magical listening talent is the only way for the Provost's Dogs to find out the identity of this brutal new underlord, for the dead are beyond fear. And the ranks of the dead will be growing if the Dogs can't stop a crime wave the likes of which has never been seen. Luckily for the people of the Lower City, the new puppy is a true terrier!
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| Title | : | Terrier (Beka Cooper #1) |
| Author | : | Tamora Pierce |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 581 pages |
| Published | : | October 24th 2006 by Random House |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.15 From 59640 Users | 1888 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Terrier (Beka Cooper #1)
What is one word I can use to sum up the book hmm... probably AWESOME ! Seriously there isn't a lot of books that can do that (at least for me). Beka Cooper is the most kick butt, cool heroine I've encountered in all my reading days.The book was just as good the second time around. At first I was wary of reading it again thinking it might not be as enjoyable this time around. Obviously I was wrong. I even caught myself looking ahead to see what happened, and then I would remind myself that IJust when I thought there wasn't much more to be done in Tortall, I heard about this book's release. (prequels ftw). I was hoping Beka would be a closer relative of George, maybe his grandmother or great-grandmother or something rather than what she is (6x great I think?) but it doesn't really matter over the course of the story itself. After one installment, Beka is well on her way to being one of my favorites of Tammy's characters (although I highly doubt I could pick a favorite of her leading
This was the last "for fun" book I got to read before I started teaching last winter. Ever since I arbitrarily grabbed the first of Tamora Pierce's "Circle of Magic" books off the library shelf two years ago, I've been hooked on the ways Pierce plays around with definitions of magic, power, heroes, and humanism...all within a medieval-ish context. This isn't great literature, but it is an imaginative world that kept me entertained for several months. Tamora Pierce likes to write books in
Just when I thought there wasn't much more to be done in Tortall, I heard about this book's release. (prequels ftw). I was hoping Beka would be a closer relative of George, maybe his grandmother or great-grandmother or something rather than what she is (6x great I think?) but it doesn't really matter over the course of the story itself. After one installment, Beka is well on her way to being one of my favorites of Tammy's characters (although I highly doubt I could pick a favorite of her leading
Haha interesting review. I also gave this book 1 star, but agree with the others - dont give up on Tamora Pierce - her other books are much, much
I love stories about the Tortall Realm. I really really do. Cross my heart. Hope to die. Stick a needle in my eye (You know, I never knew the reason why kids on our country say these things when they want to convince people they're telling the truth.This sounds painful.Maybe that explains the phrase, the truth hurts? ) But anyway ... por favor . This book almost bored me to death. The only reason why I finished this one was because I have a high respect for Pounce . I think it tells a great
I am late to the Tortall party, and though this book had a bit of a slow start, I found it grew on me as I became more familiar with the characters and the essentially England-analogue world.Beka Cooper is a Puppy, training to be a guardsman, known as a Dog. (Once trained, a Puppy becomes a Terrier.) Beka's very shy, but competent at her training. She's also able to hear ghosts, who hitch rides on pigeons, and a cat who seems to be so much more has moved into her lodgings, and follows her
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