SuitabookThe woman who rides like a man
Tamora Pierce
- Reading
- If the lethal duel is a concern, check in around that episode and invite your reader to say how its stakes felt. Then explore what influence Alanna has, and what limits she faces, as a shaman.
- Themes
- Customs and women’s roles: Alanna becomes the tribe’s first female shaman and seeks to change customs affecting women. The framing presents changing these customs as something Alanna must pursue for the tribe’s and Tortall’s sake, supporting a reading in favour of change.
- Worth knowing
- The capture leads to a duel to the death: Alanna may be killed or inducted into the tribe.