Book report - protector of The Small, First Test

My book review is on a book by Tamora Pierce, "Protector of The Small, First Test". The setting in time for this book would be approximately around 450 B.C. As the time goes back pretty far it is hard to determine the setting in place, but provided with the maps in the book, I would estimate it is in the U.S. around the California Bay Area region, which is quite a coincidence. "First Test" is the story of Keladry of Mindelan, better known as Kel. It begins in the middle of a disputation. The fight is over a certain law that states that girls can earn their shield right along with the boys.…