Reading Response Assessment

In my book, Graceling, Katsa changes in many ways. At the beginning of the book, Katsa is a puppet controlled by her uncle, King Randa, because she is a Graceling (Gracelings are people with a specific skill, or Grace. e.g. cooking or juggling) and all Gracelings are required to work for the king. Since her Grace was thought to be killing, Katsa was used as a henchman to do the King's dirty work. For example, on page 126, Randa orders Katsa to take one of Lord Ellis's daughters away from him. Her time with Prince Po of Lienid changed her, She realized that she didn't have to listen to Randa and that he couldn't force her to do any of the things that he wanted her to do (page 132). She proceeded to save a Princess (page 280), Bitterblue, who then became Queen (page 417) and became close friends with both Bitterblue and Po.