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Summary: Enchanting
Review: This book takes place in medieval times. The main character Alanna and her brother Thom switch places because he wants to become a sorcerer and she wants to become a knight. She quickly becomes friends with a thief named George, Prince Jonathan and his followers, Gary, Alex, Raoul and a teacher named Myles. She has a hard time keeping her identity secret because of her gender. She believes that even though she's small she's just as good as the other boys. Does this help her save herself, Jonathan and become a knight?
I really liked Alanna because she taught me that I could do anything even if people say I can't. The most memorable scene to me was that the people who found out her secret don't care. Alanna is most like me because she doesn't give up. I think that many people will like this book!
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Summary: Gee...what can I say?
Review: Arrrhhhhh!!! I really hate these books!! I stay up late in the wee hours of the night..... just so I can finish the next section! I'm crabby in the morning and all I want to do is read this dang book! I don't care about anything that's happening in the real world... I spend precious school hours pondering what happened in the book and whst will happen! I don't want a book to be more interesting than my life, but sadly.....I hate these books! By buying a copy of this book, you are commiting yourself to spend the rest of your free time reading about Alanna, the warrior woman and her life, and Tortall, and Jonathan, And George, and Myles, and Roger(grrr), and gary, and Theyet, and Burri, and George's mother and the king and and ...and... I can't beleive my life less interesting than a fantasy series! This is so pathetic...(me, not the novels)
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Summary: I'm Luvin It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I got this book when i was in grade 4 and i STILL read it i LUV it!!!!!!!! i mean this is one type of book u don't get these days abiut a girl. u just don't get them much. it is really good though. it's about Alanna of tredbond who wants to b a knight and not a lady (can't blame her) her twin bro thom doesn't want to b a knight but a socrcerer so they trade spaces! alanna mets up with the king of thieves, makes friends with the prince and much more all while pretending 2 b a boi! come on if that ain't sweet i don't know what is! i would recomend it to Gals in grade 5 or older it has a few muture bits so b warned but it's a GREAT book! Note to Harry Potter girl readers: this is a good book 2 read while you're waiting for the next one. i luv it even more than i do the hp books!
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Summary: This introduced me to fantasy books
Review: My favorite type of books is fantasy all because of this book. Three years ago, when I was in sixth grade, a friend saw me reading "The Woman who Rides Like a Man" over his shoulder (that's the third book in this series), and the next day he brought this book in to school and told me to read it in study hall. I loved it, and borrowed it and took it home where I finished it that night. I then went out and bought the rest of the series. The book is great, with a little resemblence to "Twelfth Night" (no, if you haven't heard of it, it's not a fantasy book. It's a play by Shakespeare. Sorry.) Alanna and her brother switch places, forcing her to disguise herself as a boy (luckily, her brother, Thom, does not have to disguise himself as a girl.) During the beginning of the book, Alanna tries to reject her powerful magical ability. However, she is forced to use it twice, and realizes that her "Gift" is a blessing from the gods, not a curse from them. Meanwhile, Alanna has to train as a knight. She is shorter than the other boys, and has more trouble, at first. But she works hard to overcome her height disadvantage (not by using magic to make herself grow; she tried that once and got a bad headache), and, while beating all the other boys at knighthood, Alanna still has to deal with issues of womanhood. And what will happen when she becomes a knight? She can't be a "boy" forever!
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Summary: If only she would write more often. :)
Review: If you've ever indulged in fantasy works and never come across Tamora Pierce in your readings... I suggest you get your booty on down to the local bookstore (or Amazon... god bless them) and check out a copy of this book. To date she's written 10 books in the series (concerning 3 different characters), exploring the country of Tortall and it's surrounding neighbours. It's simply amazing. I'm 18 years old, and have a friend 2nd year university, and we read these books. That's how good they are! The plots can be simplistic... but they're enjoyable and engaging. Once you start one of these books, you simply cannot put it down. One reason I loved this book in particular was that you get to see Alanna as her younger, stubborn self. Please, if you have any joy in reading... go out and buy this book, you won't regret it.
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Summary: Great
Review: This is one of my all time favourite books it is one of those books that i can read and re-read over and over again. At the last count i had read this book 11 times. Sad i know but their is the truth of it. Tamora pierce is a brilliant writer and i would reccomend her books to anyone, be they old or young.But to me without a doubt "the song of the Lioness" seiries must be the best.
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Summary: Excellent, excellent book.
Review: I read this series about five years ago, then I re-read it out loud recently to my college roommates. It was just as good then as it is now. I reveled in Alanna's adventures, and Pierce's frank hands-on writing style made me feel like I was right there along with her. Everything happened so sensibly that it made it real. The hard work that it took her to learn to use her weapons, the way she dealt with bullies, the fun times with her friends, and her self doubts and troubles with growing up, all made this book very enjoyable. The next three books in the series are also good, and definitely live up to the promise of this one, carrying Alanna--and changing her--throughout her life. I don't really understand the reviews that talk about this book having "inappropriate scenes," as there was nothing like this that I can pin point at all. There were maybe four kisses in the WHOLE series, all of them quite tame. A few reviews make it sound like this is a bodice-ripper or something of the sort, which I can assure you is not the case. And really, children know about that kind of stuff. Wouldn't you rather them learn about it subtly and responsibly with a great writer like Tamora Pierce, than in some other less savory way? It's part of growing up and Alanna has to deal with it the same as the rest of it. I thought both Alanna and Pierce handled it with great sensitivity and skill.
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Summary: AWESOME AND THRILLING!
Review: Alanna is a nobles daughter,who wants to become a knight, but she is being sent to the convent to learn to be a lady. Her twin brother Thom wants to be a great sorcceror, but he is being sent to the palace to become a knight. So you can imagian what they do next...switch places! ALAN of Trebond goes to the palace, and Thom goes to the convent to become a sorceror. Alanna has many advntures through which she must pretend to be a boy. Several character find out she is a girl, including Prince Jonathan. They have a more then friend realationship, but he isnt the only one interested George Cooper also has his eye on Alanna. This a great book and i would definitly recoment it!
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Summary: A great start by Tamora Pierce
Review: As one of Tamora Pierce's first books, I think that this book is really great. When Alanna of Trebond is forced to fake that she is a boy, Alan of Trebond, a whole adventure begins. Of course, she can't swim at all, even on a hot summer's day. From the start, she makes allies with none other than Prince Jonathan of Tortall himself, as well as Jon's best friends. She also makes allies with Sir Myles of Olau, a knight and a teacher to her, as well as the King of Theives, George Cooper, who helps train "Alan" how to fight her first enemy, whom she made upon the first days of her arrival at the palace in Corus. She starts as a page, but even then she encounters great adventures. Overall, I think that this is a great start for an awesome, page-turning novel that'll leave you on the edge of your seat from page one.
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Summary: one of the best books i ever read
Review: this story is about a girl who trades places with her twin brother so she can become a knight. she has to hide who she really is. at first she you can say is a little behind everyone else, but soon she becomes practically better than the "boys" all in all this is a great book. it just proves that one you can do whatever you put your mind to, and second that girls can do anything that any boy can.
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