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**Page ** I rated Page 4/5 because I really liked it, however this book is not for everyone. Something I enjoyed about this book was how Tamora managed to make dull moments in the book interesting and important. I liked how there were the main problems and also little problems and events. There was never a boring bit in the book. I really liked the whole book! Sometimes I found that I didn’t have a very clear picture in my head. I think Tamora could have described some of the places better. Also sometimes things were a little unclear. This book was second in the series and I think it probably would have made a little bit more sense if I had read the first. I really liked the concept of the book and how it had more then one main problem. The main character in the book is a young girl named Keladry. Kel is the first girl to become a page at the palace. At the start of the book she is a second year page and eleven years of age. However at the end of the book she has just become a squire because she finished the big examinations. Kel has to deal with a lot of discrimination about being the first girl in history to become a page. Everyone thinks she can’t do it and the king allowed the training master, Lord Wyldon to put Kel on a year’s probation. The first problem Kel encounters is off riding with her friends hunting, on a summer camp. They run into bandits and Kel takes charge of the group and leads them to safety. The problem at the end of the book was that Kel’s maid, Lalasa was kidnapped and Kel was forced to miss the big examinations so that she would have to repeat the four years of being a Page. Kel had to go up Balers needle. A very, very tall building that Kel had to climb up. Keladry is afraid of heights and the kidnappers wanted to make sure that Kel would fail and miss the big examinations. Kel is given a chance to perform the tests at another date due to the fact that she was forced to miss them. Kel passes and becomes a squire right at the end of the book. The smaller events hold a great significance in this book as well. Lalasa is Kel’s maid and she gets kidnapped. I really liked this book but I don’t think it is one of my favorites.
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