Alanna : the first adventure / Tamora Pierce.
Material type:
TextSeries: Pierce, Tamora. Song of the lioness ; bk. 1.Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2014Description: 260 pages : map ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1481439588
- 9781481439589
- 9781442426412
- 1442426411
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | Pierce Tamora | T1.1 | Available | 33111008427151 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From Tamora Pierce, the first book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award.
"From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight."
In a time when girls are forbidden to be warriors, Alanna of Trebond wants nothing more than to be a knight of the realm of Tortall. So she finds a way to switch places with her twin brother, Thom. Disguised as a boy, Alanna begins her training as a page at the palace of King Roald. But the road to knighthood, as she discovers, is not an easy one. Alanna must master weapons, combat, and magic, as well as polite behavior, her temper, and even her own heart.
Filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil, Alanna's first adventure begins--one that will lead to the fulfillment of her dreams and make her a legend in the land.
Includes a new afterword by the author.
Ages 8-12.
Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, and learns many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.