Tamora Pierce's Alanna: The First Adventure
I was having one of those days where I started a bunch of books and wasn’t in the mood for any of them, which means I have to reread something to reset my brain! I haven’t read this in /years/ (at least not as long as I’ve been keeping this blog) and was glad that it was still satisfying. It’s of course the archetypal story of a girl and her twin brother swapping places so she can learn to be a knight, disguised as a boy, learning knight skills and befriending squires and dukes and local thieves. I do give a little side eye to Pierce's fantasy version of the Middle East, but as she recently tweeted, all we can do it keep learning and keep trying to do better. Anyway, yay kickass girls. A/A-.
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