A great fantasy adventure, Alanna is a girl who decides to masquerade as a boy to join the elite ranks of the King's Knights. But hiding her gender and controlling her magical abilities seems harder than she could have thought. Not to mention falling in love with another knight-in-training...

Great book! Fantasy and plot twists were excellent - I couldn't put this book down!

A great beginning to an epic fantasy tale for anyone who ever wanted to live in a world of magic and mystery. I reread this book and its sequels at least once a year growing up. Tamora Pierce is a MUST read for any YA fantasy enthusiast.

As an adult reader the book remains a swift entertaining read with intricate plotting, but it is not as detailed or developed as some adult focused fantasy stories.

I love this book-actually this entire series! Got me first hooked on fantasy series when I was younger!

This is my favorite series by my favorite author. You should read all of Tamora Pierce's books!

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Alanna is determined to be a warrior but of course, only boys can be warriors. Thus starts a deception that will allow Alanna (Alan) her dreams. She meets wonderful friends - Jon, Alex, Gary and George - who help her through her first few years as a page. She hates her magical abilities but they will save her life as well as Jon's in the near future.

This is a great adventure and a terrific start to the Song of the Lioness series. Very well written with great real-life characters and challenges.

This story was very interesting and fast-paced. A little short (I didn't want it to end so soon!) but very enjoyable regardless. I this this would be a great read for fans of Harry Potter-like books or any stories that have that type of world.

Very enjoying read.

if you are interested in reading books by Tamora Pierce, this is where to start. It is the first of the Lionness Quartet, which is the first quartet of many in Pierce's the world created by Pierce.

Tamora Pierce can create some wonderful, loveable characters. This is a book where you want nothing more than the success of the heroine. The only problem I had is that the climax felt a little too tame. It doesn't quite cliffhang into ithe next book, either, like I would expect. All in all a good weekend read, though!

From Amazon.com:
Call it fate, call it intuition, or just call it common sense, but somehow young Alanna knows she isn't meant to become some proper lady cloistered in a convent. Instead, she wants to be a great warrior maiden--a female knight. But in the land of Tortall, women aren't allowed to train as warriors. So Alanna finds a way to switch places with her twin, Thom, and take his place as a knight in training at the palace of King Roald. Disguising herself as a boy, Alanna begins her training as a page in the royal court. Soon, she is garnering the admiration of all around her, including the crown prince, with her strong work ethic and her thirst for knowledge. But all the while, she is haunted by the recurring vision of a black stone city that emanates evil... somehow she knows it is her fate to purge that place of its wickedness. But how will she find it? And can she fulfill her destiny while keeping her gender a secret?

With Alanna: The First Adventure, veteran fantasy author Tamora Pierce has created a lively, engaging heroine who will charm middle-school readers with her tomboyish bravado and have them eagerly searching for the next book in the Song of the Lioness series. Like Brian Jacques's tales of Redwall, this popular quartet is an entertaining fantasy series for younger teens.

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