IN THE HAND OF THE GODDESS

Pierce, Tamora

ISBN 10: 0689310544 / ISBN 13: 9780689310546

Published by Argo / Atheneum, New York, 1984

About this Item

Signed first edition of the second volume in Pierce's beloved SONG OF THE LIONESS quartet, in which the heroine Alanna, disguised as a boy, trains as a squire. In the SONG OF THE LIONESS series, Alanna of Trebond dresses as a boy in order to pursue the dangerous goal of (ultimately) becoming the first lady knight in the Kingdom of Tortall to win her shield in over a century. The series has something of a reputation as a cult classic, fervently championed by more than one generation of readers, largely young women, who grew up reading fantasy; because Alanna "had to disguise herself as something and someone else in order to be herself," she has also become a touchstone for young queer readers. Born in part from a dream fragment and in part from Pierce's love for stories of women passing as men, the LIONESS series offers an alternative to characters like Tolkien's Eowyn Pierce's self-proclaimed "idol" who gave up the sword when she became a wife and mother: "I didn't see why she had to give up fighting [.] I wrote a story with a girl who didn't." In 2013, specifically citing SONG OF THE LIONESS and PROTECTOR OF THE SMALL (a companion series set in the same Tortall universe but a generation after Alanna), the ALA honored Pierce with the Margaret A. Edwards Award in recognition of her "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature." A lovely signed copy of this YA classic. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original textured grey cloth, gilt lettered spine, gilt stamped lion to front board. Original unclipped ($12.95) pictorial dust jacket illustrated by David Wiesner. Cream endpapers. [viii], 232 pages. Signed by Pierce in purple ink on front free endpaper. Book with faint shelfwear, light soil to edges of text block. Jacket with trace edgewear, light creasing and marginal toning to flaps. Sharp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 52733

Bibliographic Details

• Title: IN THE HAND OF THE GODDESS
• Publisher: Argo / Atheneum, New York
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689310544
• ISBN 13: 9780689310546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Pursuing her desire to be a knight, Alanna learns many things in her role as squire to Prince Jonathan, but fears Duke Roger, an ambitious sorcerer with whom she knows she will one day have to deal. Disguised as a boy, Alanna of Trebond becomes a squire--to none other than the prince of the realm. But Prince Jonathan is much more to Alanna; he is her ally, her best friend, and one of the few who knows that she's really a girl. Now it will take all of Alanna's awesome skill, strength, and growing magical powers to protect him from the mysterious evil sorcerer who is bent on his destruction--and hers! Here continues the story of Alanna, a young woman bound for glory who is willing to fight against enormous odds for what she believes in.Alanna, a young squire to Prince Jonathan, realizes that someday, she will have to have a showdown with Duke Roger, an evil sorcerer

From the Inside Flap

Read by Trini Alvarado
approx. 5 hours
3 cassettes

The second book in The Song of the Lioness quartet.

Disguised as a boy, Alanna of Trebond becomes a squire--to none other than the princes of the realm. But Princes jonathan is much more to Alanna; he is her ally, her best friend, and one of the few who knows that she's really a girl. Now it will take all of Alanna's awesome skill, strength, and growing magical powers to protect him from the mysteriousevil sorcerer who is bent on his destruction?and hers.

Trini Alvarado film credits include Meg in the most recent movie version of Little Women and Helen Ruth in The Babe. She has also appeared on television and the stage. Ms. Alvarado also narrated Alanna: The First Adventure for Listening Library.