Song of the Lioness: Alanna : The First Adventure (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from Nikkles

This is one of my favorite books by one of my all time favorite authors. I don't care if they are suppose to be for young adults, they are simple fantastic fantasy books. The stories are not always that original, but the action is great and the characters fantastic. The characters are simply too ...

from SadieReads

Alanna: The First Adventure is the first story in Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet. The story begins with Alanna trading places with her twin brother, Thom, so that she can go to the palace to train as a knight while Thom goes to the City of the Gods to train as a sorcerer. Because gir...

from RebeccaAnn

Since the semester is almost over, I thought nothing sounded better than reading some youth fiction. It's fun and doesn't require me to read with a dictionary sitting next to me, as did some of the harder stuff I read this year. When browsing the stacks at the library, I came across this series a...

from TheBigNerd

This author has been recommended to me on several occasions and having heard so many great things about her I knew when I saw this book for $1.99 I had to get it. My first impression was that I loved how fast of a read this book was going to be. It took me just a day to read it and I enjoyed ever...

from LisaMaria_C

This was my introduction to Pierce, as an adult--but I still found it a compelling read despite being well over the age of the targeted market. It doesn't quite make it up there as a favorite book--she has lots of competition in heroic fantasy, including her own. I do think Pierce is one of those...