Society, Class, and the Police in Tamora Pierce's Provost's Dog Trilogy
The Provost’s Dog trilogy by Tamora Pierce tackles the difficult relationship between the police force and civilians in a fantasy medieval society. Sixteen-year-old Rebekah Cooper is a police officer in a community where the police are still forming their own moral code; therefore, the road between law and lawlessness is full of twists and turns. Criminals are common in the poor neighborhood Beka patrols, and her job is made more difficult by criminals assuming they deserve something from the upper classes. Beka Cooper’s stories are part of Pierce’s young adult fantasy Tortall universe,...
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