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| antagonist= The [[Shadow Snake]], [[Ammon Lofts|Crookshank]] |
| antagonist= The [[Shadow Snake]], [[Ammon Lofts|Crookshank]] |
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| − | | setting= '''[[Tortall]]''' ([[Corus]] in 246 [[HE]]) |
+ | | setting= '''[[Tortall]]''' ([[Corus]] in 246 [[Human Era|HE]]) |
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+ | | cover_artist= Jonathan Barkat |
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+ | | publisher=Random House |
| release_date= Oct. 24, 2006 {{comment|hardcover and audio book}}<br />Oct. 23, 2007 {{comment|paperback}} |
| release_date= Oct. 24, 2006 {{comment|hardcover and audio book}}<br />Oct. 23, 2007 {{comment|paperback}} |
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| pages= 592 {{comment|hardcover}}<br />608 {{comment|paperback}} |
| pages= 592 {{comment|hardcover}}<br />608 {{comment|paperback}} |
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| series= [[Provost's Dog]] |
| series= [[Provost's Dog]] |
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| followed_by= [[Bloodhound]] |
| followed_by= [[Bloodhound]] |
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| − | '''''Terrier''''' is book one in the '' |
+ | '''''Terrier''''' is book one in the ''Rebekah Cooper'' trilogy by [[Tamora Pierce]]. It centers around protagonist Rebakah Cooper, ancestor of [[Eleni Cooper]] and [[George Cooper]]. Her story takes place about 200 years before ''[[Alanna: The First Adventure]]''. The book is about Beka's first weeks as a puppy, or trainee, in the [[Provost's Guard]]. |
==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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| ⚫ | [[File:Tpt1_Danish.jpg|thumb|left|136px|Danish cover for the first part of ''Terrier'']]Beka Cooper is placed with Senior Dogs [[Matthias Tunstall]] and [[Clara Goodwin]], two dogs famous for their work in the [[Lower City]]. Soon, they begin investigating the murder of three-year-old [[Rolond Lofts]], son of Beka's friend [[Tansy Lofts]] and great-grandson of Ammon "Crookshank" Lofts, a rich criminal. This leads them to the realization that many children have been kidnapped and held for ransom in the last three years. If the child's parents pay the ransom, usually a valuable item in the parents' possession (such as a lily necklace, a ruby pendant, fire opals, curses, etc...), their child is returned to them. If not, the child is killed, and they have a new week to pay. |
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| ⚫ | [[File:Tpt1_Danish.jpg|thumb|left|136px|Danish cover for the first part of ''Terrier'']]Beka Cooper is placed with Senior Dogs [[Matthias Tunstall]] and [[Clara Goodwin]], two dogs famous for their work in the [[Lower City]]. Soon, they begin investigating the murder of three-year-old [[Rolond Lofts]], son of Beka's friend [[Tansy Lofts]] and great-grandson of Ammon "Crookshank" Lofts, a rich criminal. This leads them to the realization that many children have been kidnapped and held for ransom in the last three years. If the child's parents pay the ransom, usually a valuable item in the parents' possession (such as a lily necklace, a ruby pendant, fire opals, curses, etc...), their child is returned to them. If not, the child is killed. |
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Supposedly, the villain behind these kidnappings is the Shadow Snake, a being from a legend used to scare young children into behaving. Beka, however, does not believe this and sets out to learn what's really happening. |
Supposedly, the villain behind these kidnappings is the Shadow Snake, a being from a legend used to scare young children into behaving. Beka, however, does not believe this and sets out to learn what's really happening. |
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==Narrative technique== |
==Narrative technique== |
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[[File:Tpt2_Danish.jpg|thumb|136px|Danish cover for the second part of ''Terrier'']] |
[[File:Tpt2_Danish.jpg|thumb|136px|Danish cover for the second part of ''Terrier'']] |
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| − | + | ''Terrier'' is an epistolary novel and chronicles events through Beka's diary and journals, which leads to a first-person narrator. It also allows for some special formatting like ink splatters or cat paws on pages. There aren't any real chapters. Instead the book is divided in diary entries for the day in question. The language, too, is more colloquial because of the diary form as Beka herself grew up in the Lower City of Corus and now works and lives in it, she also uses some of the terminology. This doesn't only include the usage of certain words, but also short, simple phrases as well as punctuation. |
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===Terminology=== |
===Terminology=== |
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Some of the slang words are: |
Some of the slang words are: |
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==Publication details== |
==Publication details== |
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| + | [[File:Terrier_rev.jpg|thumb|136px|Revised cover to fit the ''Bloodhound'' artwork]] |
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===Series=== |
===Series=== |
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| − | + | '''''Terrier''''' is book one in the ''Rebekah Cooper'' trilogy and was published in hardcover on October 23, 2006<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375814686 ''Terrier'' Hardcover] on Random House</ref>. The publication of the trade paperback edition followed a year later, on October 23, 2007<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375838163 ''Terrier'' Trade Paperback] on Random House</ref>. Book two, ''Bloodhound'', had a tentative release date of Spring 2008 but was actually released on April 14, 2009. Book three, [[Mastiff]], had an original release date for 2010 but has been pushed back to Fall of 2011. |
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===Other editions=== |
===Other editions=== |
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| − | Except from being published as hardcover and paperback books by Random House, the book has also been made into and audiobook by |
+ | Except from being published as hardcover and paperback books by Random House, the book has also been made into and audiobook by Listening Library. The reader is Susan Denaker and the audiobook is about 15 hours long. It was published simultaneously to the hardcover edition and is available on CDs as well as for download. |
| − | There also exists a Danish translation by |
+ | There also exists a Danish translation by Bjarne Skovlund, published with Tellerup, in which the novel has been split in two parts called ''"Duernes hvisken"'' (Whisper of the Doves) and ''"Duernes råb" ''(Cry of the Doves). The Danish cover art was designed by Stefan Rosenbech. |
==Characters== |
==Characters== |
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For a full list of characters see [[:Category:Characters in Terrier|Characters in ''Terrier'']]. |
For a full list of characters see [[:Category:Characters in Terrier|Characters in ''Terrier'']]. |
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===Major characters=== |
===Major characters=== |
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| − | *'''[[Rebakah Cooper|Rebakah "Beka" Cooper]]''': Beka is a trainee guard, partnered with Goodwin and Tunstall. |
+ | *'''[[Rebakah Cooper|Rebakah "Beka" Cooper]]''': Beka is a trainee guard, partnered with Goodwin and Tunstall. Due to her inherited ability to understand the ghosts riding on [[pigeons]] and the voices caught in the breezes called [[dust spinner]]s, she refers to those unusual informants. |
*'''[[Matthias Tunstall]]''': He is Goodwin's dog partner and one of Beka's training partners. Tusntall is more easy-going than Goodwin and Beka compares him several times to an owl. |
*'''[[Matthias Tunstall]]''': He is Goodwin's dog partner and one of Beka's training partners. Tusntall is more easy-going than Goodwin and Beka compares him several times to an owl. |
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*'''[[Clara Goodwin]]''': She is Tunstall's dog partner and one of Beka's training partners. At first Goodwin is against having a Puppy, because she thinks a trainee would slow them down. |
*'''[[Clara Goodwin]]''': She is Tunstall's dog partner and one of Beka's training partners. At first Goodwin is against having a Puppy, because she thinks a trainee would slow them down. |
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| − | *'''[[The Cat|Pounce]]''': Pounce is Beka's advisor, a constellation come to life in the body of a black cat with purple eyes. |
+ | *'''[[The Cat|Pounce]]''': Pounce is Beka's advisor, a constellation come to life in the body of a black cat with purple eyes. He is also known as [[Alanna of Pirate's Swoop and Olau|Alanna's]] traveling companion Faithful in ''[[The Song of the Lioness]]''-quartet. |
===Other characters=== |
===Other characters=== |
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| + | *'''[[Kebibi Ahuda]]''': [[Watch Sergeant]] on [[Provost's Guard|Evening Watch]] in [[Jane Street kennel]]; conducts combat training for Puppies. |
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| + | *'''[[Gershom of Haryse]]''': [[Lord Provost]], took Beka and her family in after she had helped him to capture the [[Bold Brass gang]]. |
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*'''[[Ammon Lofts|Ammon "Crookshank" Lofts]]''': Landlord in the Lower City as well as a criminal. |
*'''[[Ammon Lofts|Ammon "Crookshank" Lofts]]''': Landlord in the Lower City as well as a criminal. |
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*'''[[Tansy Lofts]]''': Tansy is Beka's friend from childhood. She married Crookshank's son [[Herun Lofts]] and had a son with him, [[Rolond Lofts]]. Rolond was taken by the Shadow Snake when Tansy was pregnant with her second child. |
*'''[[Tansy Lofts]]''': Tansy is Beka's friend from childhood. She married Crookshank's son [[Herun Lofts]] and had a son with him, [[Rolond Lofts]]. Rolond was taken by the Shadow Snake when Tansy was pregnant with her second child. |
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| − | *'''[[Rosto the Piper]]''': Rosto came along with Aniki and Kora new to Corus from [[Scanra]]. All three move in at Beka's lodging house. He is a thug and employed to one of the [[Rogue]]'s chiefs. |
+ | *'''[[Rosto the Piper]]''': Rosto came along with Aniki and Kora new to Corus from [[Scanra]]. All three move in at Beka's lodging house. He is a thug and employed to one of the [[Rogue]]'s chiefs. |
*'''[[Aniki Forfrysning]]''': She came with Rosto and Kora to Corus and now makes her living as guard to one of the Rogue's chiefs. |
*'''[[Aniki Forfrysning]]''': She came with Rosto and Kora to Corus and now makes her living as guard to one of the Rogue's chiefs. |
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*'''[[Koramin Ingensra]]''': Kora came with Rosto and Aniki to Corus. She is a mage. |
*'''[[Koramin Ingensra]]''': Kora came with Rosto and Aniki to Corus. She is a mage. |
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| − | *'''[[Shadow Snake]]''': The Shadow Snake is a creature of ledgends, now appearantly come to live and |
+ | *'''[[Shadow Snake]]''': The Shadow Snake is a creature of ledgends, now appearantly come to live and steal children of the Lower City. |
| − | *'''[[Deirdry Noll]]''': Mistress Noll is a baker. She has stalls both in the [[Nightmarket]] and in the [[Daymarket]]. Her son [[Yates Noll|Yates]] and her daughter |
+ | *'''[[Deirdry Noll]]''': Mistress Noll is a baker. She has stalls both in the [[Nightmarket]] and in the [[Daymarket]]. Her son [[Yates Noll|Yates]] and her daughter Gemma help her there. |
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| + | *[http://wayrba.org.au/2009/10/31/2009-winners/ 2009 West Australian Young Readers' Book Award] - "Best Book for Older Readers" |
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| + | *Six weeks on The New York Times Children's Chapter Books bestseller list - #2 on [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/books/bestseller/1112bestchildren.html 11/12/06], #4 on [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/books/bestseller/1119bestchildren.html 11/19/06], #4 on [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/books/bestseller/1126bestchildren.html 11/26/06], #10 on 12/03/06<ref name="etc">[http://www.tamora-pierce.com/etc.html Tamora Pierce's Website]</ref>, #5 on [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/books/bestseller/1210bestchildren.html 12/10/06], #9 on [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/books/bestseller/1217bestchildren.html 12/17/06] |
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| + | *Publishers Weekly Children’s Fiction bestseller list, December, 2006<ref name="etc" /> |
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| + | *A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association, 2007<ref name="etc" /> |
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==See also== |
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Revision as of 16:45, 19 August 2018
Terrier is book one in the Rebekah Cooper trilogy by Tamora Pierce. It centers around protagonist Rebakah Cooper, ancestor of Eleni Cooper and George Cooper. Her story takes place about 200 years before Alanna: The First Adventure. The book is about Beka's first weeks as a puppy, or trainee, in the Provost's Guard.
Synopsis
Danish cover for the first part of Terrier
Beka Cooper is placed with Senior Dogs Matthias Tunstall and Clara Goodwin, two dogs famous for their work in the Lower City. Soon, they begin investigating the murder of three-year-old Rolond Lofts, son of Beka's friend Tansy Lofts and great-grandson of Ammon "Crookshank" Lofts, a rich criminal. This leads them to the realization that many children have been kidnapped and held for ransom in the last three years. If the child's parents pay the ransom, usually a valuable item in the parents' possession (such as a lily necklace, a ruby pendant, fire opals, curses, etc...), their child is returned to them. If not, the child is killed, and they have a new week to pay.
Supposedly, the villain behind these kidnappings is the Shadow Snake, a being from a legend used to scare young children into behaving. Beka, however, does not believe this and sets out to learn what's really happening.
Meanwhile, things are unstable in the court of the Rogue, a league of criminals. Kayfer Deerborn, the current king of the Rogue, is old and frail, and young hopefuls flock into town. Notably, one such hopeful, Rosto the Piper, and his two female friends, become friends with Beka.
Soon, Beka realizes that the Shadow Snake, or whomever is posing as the snake, is not the only crook working on a large scale lately. She suspects Crookshank of hiring workers to dig up rare fire opals from him - and killing the workers afterwards. However, there is little proof for either mystery and Beka, as a puppy, cannot go after them as she would like. Still, she continues to hunt for clues.
Narrative technique
Danish cover for the second part of Terrier
Format
Terrier is an epistolary novel and chronicles events through Beka's diary and journals, which leads to a first-person narrator. It also allows for some special formatting like ink splatters or cat paws on pages. There aren't any real chapters. Instead the book is divided in diary entries for the day in question. The language, too, is more colloquial because of the diary form as Beka herself grew up in the Lower City of Corus and now works and lives in it, she also uses some of the terminology. This doesn't only include the usage of certain words, but also short, simple phrases as well as punctuation.
Terminology
Terrier and the other books of the Rebekah Cooper trilogy follow a special terminology due to the setting in a lower social environment than Pierce's other books.
Some of the slang words are:
- birdies - informants
- cages - jail
- cove - man
- dog - guardsman or -woman who has gone through puppy training and achieved dog status
- doxie - female prostitute
- filcher - small-time criminal
- foist - master pickpocket
- gillyflower - carnation
- gixie - girl
- hedgewitch - worker of small magics with little formal eduation
- hobble - tie up or arrest
- hotblood wine - wine spiked with amphetamine-like substance
- kennel - law enforcement station
- minnow - very small-time criminal
- mot - woman
- mumper - beggar
- nob, noll - head
- puppy - guardsman or -woman in training
- puttock - low-level female prostitute
- rat - criminal
- river dodgers - hard men and women working on and around the river (boats, shipping, trade and smuggling)
- rushers - thugs
- spintry - male prostitute
- twilsey - refreshing drink made of raspberry or cider vinegar and water
Publication details
Revised cover to fit the Bloodhound artwork
Series
Terrier is book one in the Rebekah Cooper trilogy and was published in hardcover on October 23, 2006[1]. The publication of the trade paperback edition followed a year later, on October 23, 2007[2]. Book two, Bloodhound, had a tentative release date of Spring 2008 but was actually released on April 14, 2009. Book three, Mastiff, had an original release date for 2010 but has been pushed back to Fall of 2011.
Other editions
Except from being published as hardcover and paperback books by Random House, the book has also been made into and audiobook by Listening Library. The reader is Susan Denaker and the audiobook is about 15 hours long. It was published simultaneously to the hardcover edition and is available on CDs as well as for download.
There also exists a Danish translation by Bjarne Skovlund, published with Tellerup, in which the novel has been split in two parts called "Duernes hvisken" (Whisper of the Doves) and "Duernes råb" (Cry of the Doves). The Danish cover art was designed by Stefan Rosenbech.
Characters
For a full list of characters see Characters in Terrier.
Major characters
- Rebakah "Beka" Cooper: Beka is a trainee guard, partnered with Goodwin and Tunstall. Due to her inherited ability to understand the ghosts riding on pigeons and the voices caught in the breezes called dust spinners, she refers to those unusual informants.
- Matthias Tunstall: He is Goodwin's dog partner and one of Beka's training partners. Tusntall is more easy-going than Goodwin and Beka compares him several times to an owl.
- Clara Goodwin: She is Tunstall's dog partner and one of Beka's training partners. At first Goodwin is against having a Puppy, because she thinks a trainee would slow them down.
- Pounce: Pounce is Beka's advisor, a constellation come to life in the body of a black cat with purple eyes. He is also known as Alanna's traveling companion Faithful in The Song of the Lioness-quartet.
Other characters
- Kebibi Ahuda: Watch Sergeant on Evening Watch in Jane Street kennel; conducts combat training for Puppies.
- Gershom of Haryse: Lord Provost, took Beka and her family in after she had helped him to capture the Bold Brass gang.
- Ammon "Crookshank" Lofts: Landlord in the Lower City as well as a criminal.
- Tansy Lofts: Tansy is Beka's friend from childhood. She married Crookshank's son Herun Lofts and had a son with him, Rolond Lofts. Rolond was taken by the Shadow Snake when Tansy was pregnant with her second child.
- Rosto the Piper: Rosto came along with Aniki and Kora new to Corus from Scanra. All three move in at Beka's lodging house. He is a thug and employed to one of the Rogue's chiefs.
- Aniki Forfrysning: She came with Rosto and Kora to Corus and now makes her living as guard to one of the Rogue's chiefs.
- Koramin Ingensra: Kora came with Rosto and Aniki to Corus. She is a mage.
- Shadow Snake: The Shadow Snake is a creature of ledgends, now appearantly come to live and steal children of the Lower City.
- Deirdry Noll: Mistress Noll is a baker. She has stalls both in the Nightmarket and in the Daymarket. Her son Yates and her daughter Gemma help her there.
Reception
- 2009 West Australian Young Readers' Book Award - "Best Book for Older Readers"
- Six weeks on The New York Times Children's Chapter Books bestseller list - #2 on 11/12/06, #4 on 11/19/06, #4 on 11/26/06, #10 on 12/03/06[3], #5 on 12/10/06, #9 on 12/17/06
- Publishers Weekly Children’s Fiction bestseller list, December, 2006[3]
- A YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, American Library Association, 2007[3]
Notes and references
- ↑ Terrier Hardcover on Random House
- ↑ Terrier Trade Paperback on Random House
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tamora Pierce's Website
External links
- Excerpt of Terrier
- Excerpt from the audiobook (might need to scroll down a bit)
- Excerpt of Terrier read by Tamora Pierce
- Continuation to the link above
See also
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