Alanna of Trebond is a fictional character in Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet of books. She later appears in Pierce's other series: The Immortals, Protector of the Small, and Daughter of the Lioness.
In Alanna: The First Adventure, Alanna wants to become the first female knight in the realm of Tortall in over 100 years and her brother wants to be a sorcerer. But she is going to be sent to a convent and her twin brother, who wants to b...
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Alanna of Trebond is a fictional character in Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet of books. She later appears in Pierce's other series: The Immortals, Protector of the Small, and Daughter of the Lioness.
In Alanna: The First Adventure, Alanna wants to become the first female knight in the realm of Tortall in over 100 years and her brother wants to be a sorcerer. But she is going to be sent to a convent and her twin brother, who wants to be a sorcerer, is going to be sent to the palace to become a knight. They switch places, and Alanna travels to the palace disguised as a boy. Alanna is able to undertake the training required to be a page disguised as a boy named "Alan" and befriends several other knights-in-training at the palace, including the Crown Prince Jonathan of Conté and his friends, while trying to keep her gender secret. Only her manservant Coram, George Cooper (the King of Thieves), his mother Eleni, and eventually Jonathan are aware of her true identity. One of her...
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