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	• Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, Vol. 1) Tamora Pierce Random House Books for Young Readers, 1989 - 216 pages average customer review:based on 576 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Pierce's best series

This novel is one of Pierce's best books. It has a good plot and life-like characters. The obstacles that face Alanna are portrayed realistically, and it is satisfying to watch her overcome them, but you must read on through the series to see how she faces Duke Roger. Don't be fooled into thinking its going to be a gory war story. Alanna faces both external and internal conflicts.

An amazing read!

This book is about a 10-year-old girl named Alanna who dreams of becoming a knight for Tortall. Of course this is only a dream to a normal girl for girls cannot become knights. Yet Alanna of Trebond is determined to fullfil her wish. Her twin brother Thom and her switch places with the help of the medicine woman Maud. She goes to the palace where she meets enemies, friends, and new challanges. You will absulutley love this fascinating read!
-Hannah M.

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Cornwall, NY Sixth Grader

Cornwall New York, Sixth Grader

I am a sixth grader.I have really enjoyed Tamora Pierce's writing, especially Alanna the First Adventure because of Alanna's intricate viewpoint on the dichotomy of right and wrong moral choices.

Alanna's father, Lord of Trebond, sent Alanna to a convent school to become a lady. Alanna, a rebellious girl by nature, wanted to be a knight. Thom, Alanna's twin brother wanted to be a sorcerer; to slay demons and walk with the gods. His father, who didn't care about what either of them wanted, sent Thom to the palace to become a page. The impact of this on Alanna was catastrophic.

There was the possibility of her dream not coming true, and Alanna was desperate. She realized that if she and Thom switched places, they would get what they desired. She decided to talk with Maude, the village's healing woman. When Maude asked the gods to give her guidance, what she saw made her agree with the twins. She aided them in the switch, and cleared her conscience.

Maude had some tough choices to make. She had never seen in the fire, and could only heal. Maude had taught Alanna and Thom all she knew, but they could still learn much more. Maude had to choose whether or not to follow her liege lord, or her pupils who she had taught for almost all of their lives. The responsibility she felt towards her lord was nothing compared to the comradeship she felt towards the twins.

Coram, Alanna's escort to the palace and great friend, was deep in controversy. He knew that Thom was such a poor bowman, tracker, and hunter that it would make a soldier cry. Alanna, on the contrary, was a wonderful bowman. She excelled at tracking and hunting. A grown man couldn't skin a rabbit faster than she could. Coram also knew that Thom disliked him, while Alanna was much friendlier. When Alanna threatened him with seeing things that weren't there for the next ten years, he was torn. He had his duty to his lord: to bring Alanna back. Coram was also scared of magic, but he was even more scared of the embarrassment of taking Thom to the palace.

Alanna was torn between her duty to her father, or to herself. Her father wanted her to be a proper lady, but Alanna wanted to be a knight. It was illegal for a girl to be a knight, but Alanna already knew that. How irksome it was that just because she was a girl, she was considered weak and helpless. In order to do what her father wanted, she had to deny her own wants. Was that truly the right thing to do?

Thom had his own problems as well. He wanted to be a sorcerer, but his father wanted him to be a knight. Thom knew that he had an obligation to himself, and to his father. He hated most people. He only loved himself and Alanna. Thom knew that he and Alanna had much more power than most gifted people, and this made him rather cocky. Thom was hard to like, but he was always a steadfast friend.

I would recommend this book to fantasy readers, because of everything that goes on in it. It is an amazing tale full of wonder and suspense. I have enjoyed it tremendously.

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First Book Great, bad sequals

This book is very good. BUT READ ON! The plot is exciting; Alanna goes to a school to learn to be a knight, masquerading as a boy. (girls aren't allowed to become knights.) She learns to fence and joust with a whole bunch of friends. She even has an average bully picking on her! Anyone who likes ACTION, ADVENTURE, FANTASY, FICTION, AND MEDIEVAL books will like this one. it's the sequals that I hate. They get into endless rounds of MUSHY ROMANCE, LOVERS, and, of course kissing. All the boys fall for her, and she, in turn, falls for the boys. she goes thru mushy love affairs with a number of boys, who all love her. UGH!!!! If you read this one and like it, Don't be fooled! The other ones are far worse.

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