(click the title to see the official synopsis for the book)Song of the Lioness is a quartet about a young girl named Alanna, who has bright violet eyes and red hair. Her father wants to send her to a convent to become a lady, but she DOES NOT want to go. She wants to become the first lady knight there has been in a century. Instead, her twin brother Thom is going to be a knight -- and he hates the thought. He wants to be the greatest sorcerer of all time - and he could probably do it too.
"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 knight of the realm of Tortall. So she finds a way to switch places with her brother, Thom. Disguised as a boy, Alanna begins her training as a page at the palace of King Roald, disguised as Alan. The road to knighthood, as she discovers, is not an easy one. Alanna must master weapons, combat, magic -- and also polite behavior, her temper, and even her own heart. With stubbornness, skill, and daring, she wins the admiration of all around her, and the friendship of Prince Jonathan of Tortall himself. But she also makes an enemy of the prince's uncle, one of the powerful sorcerers alive and also charming Duke Roger....
Filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil, Alanna's first adventure begins -- one that will hopefully lead to the fulfillment of her dreams and the magical destiny that will make her a legend in her land.
"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 knight of the realm of Tortall. So she finds a way to switch places with her brother, Thom. Disguised as a boy, Alanna begins her training as a page at the palace of King Roald, disguised as Alan. The road to knighthood, as she discovers, is not an easy one. Alanna must master weapons, combat, magic -- and also polite behavior, her temper, and even her own heart. With stubbornness, skill, and daring, she wins the admiration of all around her, and the friendship of Prince Jonathan of Tortall himself. But she also makes an enemy of the prince's uncle, one of the powerful sorcerers alive and also charming Duke Roger....
Filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil, Alanna's first adventure begins -- one that will hopefully lead to the fulfillment of her dreams and the magical destiny that will make her a legend in her land.
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