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Un-distressed Damsels

PCPL books for young adults with medieval settings and strong female characters - knights, guards, warriors, and mages.

Pima County Public Library

9 items

  • Alanna

    the First Adventure

    Pierce, Tamora
    Eleven year old Alanna plans to become a knight, even though she is a girl.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010, c1983. — SciFic Pierce TEEN
  • Alanna must fight in a battle and face "The Ordeal" in her quest to become a knight.
    BookNew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2011. — SciFic Pierce TEEN
  • Alanna must recover a legendary gem and save Tortall from great danger.
    eBook2009. — E-Book TEEN
  • Beka has just begun training with the Provost Guard, or Dogs. While her intense shyness makes her new job more difficult, she has a special ability in addition to her tenacity. Beka can hear the voices of the dead.
    BookNew York : Random House, 2006. — SciFic Pierce TEEN
  • Now a full-fledged Dog, Beka and her partners must discover the source of a counterfeit ring.
    BookNew York : Random House, 2009. — SciFic Pierce TEEN
  • Beka and her partner are summoned by their lord in the middle of the night. Prince Gareth has been kidnapped and it's up to Beka and her colleagues to track him down and return him to the king and queen.
    BookNew York : Random House, 2011. — SciFic Pierce TEEN
  • Niviene, a fey and apprentice to Merlin, must travel to Camelot to help save King Arthur’s realm from chaos.
    BookNew York : Donald I. Fine, c1995 — Fiction Crompton TEEN
  • Gwen is on the path to becoming a warrior when fate intervenes and she marries King Arthur.
    BookNew York, NY : Daw Books, c2009. — SciFic Lackey