Protector of the Small

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The Protector of the Small quartet is a series of young adult fantasy books by American writer Tamora Pierce.

The novels tell the story of Keladry of Mindelan, a heroine in the fictional kingdom of Tortall.^[1] The third series written in the Tortallian Universe, but fourth in the in-universe timeline, it depicts Keladry (also known as Kel) as the first girl to openly seek knighthood in centuries. On her website, Pierce confirmed that Kel is aromantic asexual.^[2]