The Strength of Women

Page by Tamora Pierce: "'Joren of Stone Mountain, I will have a two-page essay on good manners by Sunday evening,' he said.... 'Keladry of Mindelan, for your lateness, you will labor in the pages' armory for on bell of time on Sunday afternoon.'" (Pierce 16)
Keladry of Mindelan is the only girl in Lord Wyldon's academy made to train and create Knights. Page is the second book in the trilogy. Kel, as the others begin to call her, goes through the ringer; literally. Because the academy is originally meant for boys only, the work and training classes have no sympathy for girls. Kel, however, is very strong; stronger than some of the boys in her same year. Fierce hatred is shown between her and Joren of Stone Mountain and they get into many fights with each other. Kel always defends the new squires while Joren "disciplines" them and she always gets angry and fights for the little squire. Joren and her always get punished for their jostling. Maybe that's why he hates her so; she gets him punished for things that used to be okay to get away with.