Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, Book 1)

From Tamora Pierce the first book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award. From now on Im Alan of Trebond the younger twin. Ill 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 Alannas first adventure beginsone that will lead to the fulfillment of her dreams and make her a legend in the land.