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209 pages, Unknown Binding
First published December 8, 2020



"Do you like Tamora Pierce?" I grin. "She was my favourite author when I was a kid."
"I." He was clearly expecting me to say something—anything—else, and blinks. "What?"
"She writes fantasy for young adults. She pioneered the genre back when girls didn't have any kick-butt action heroes the way boys did. My favourite character of hers is Alanna, this spunky, tomboyish girl who wants to be a knight. She has to hide her gender while she trains, but in the end the prince chooses her as his squire. Do you read?"
"The occasional, that is, I...is there a point to this?"
"Yes." I take my reading glasses out of my purse and slide them on. I don't need them to see regularly, but I think they give me a school librarian type of look, transforming me into the kind of woman no one messes with. "When you need to get a job done, don't let sexist traditions stand in your way."
