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  • Alanna, The First Adventure

  • Song of the Lioness, Book 1
  • Written by: Tamora Pierce
  • Narrated by: Trini Alvarado
  • Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (93 ratings)

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Alanna, The First Adventure

Written by: Tamora Pierce
Narrated by: Trini Alvarado
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Publisher's Summary

Becoming a legend is not easy, as young Alanna of Trebond discovers when she disguises herself as a boy and begins training to be a knight. Alanna's skills and stubbornness help her befriend Prince Jonathan and alienate his evil uncle, Duke Roger.

Filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil, this audiobook is a rousing introduction to the intensely satisfying story of Alanna.

©1983 Tamora Pierce (P)2000 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, an Imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group
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What the critics say

"A lively, fascinating tale." (Booklist)
"Pairing [Trini] Alvarado's vocal talents with [Tamora] Pierce's well written and engaging story makes this a quality audiobook worthy of inclusion in any audio collection." (School Library Journal)

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The narrator is amazing!!

Trini Alvarado was the perfect choice!! She truly brought a childhood favourite to life

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Female lead forging her way in a man's discipline

Classic stories never die and this is both new and as old as imagination.

Alanna hides as a boy to follow her dream of being a knight, meeting a wide array of morality in other people along the way.

The descriptions and honesty of the journey - including beginning womanhood - are a delight.

Part 1 of 4 in the series.

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This was a little more kiddie than i expected

Despite that i really liked it. I'm pretty invested in the story and want to see what happens even if I'm obviously not the typical age and gender demographic for who this book is written for. I sort of wish the whole series was offered as a bundle since these are pretty short, and i wasted my credit for the rest of the month for a five hour book...

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A young Girls Hero

I first read Alanna the FIrst Adventure at 12 years old, so a year older than Alanna is in the first book. This book inspired me and helped shape the woman I have become. I adore Tamora Pierce, and love how she tells stories.

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Great paper book, Great audiobook

Interresting to discover this series with a new angle. I still love it a lot.

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Tamora Pierce is an amazing writer!!

Tamora Pierce's writing makes it easy to imagine you're right there watching everything happen. I love her books!

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Wonderfully done

I loved this story as a young teen/preteen and have read the paperbacks over and over until the spines were failing. The audio version brings a classic favorite to life. Trini Alvarado does an amazing job voicing the characters. Now I'm listening to them with my kids and watching my daughter fall in love with my favorite stories and characters.

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Childhood favorite

I am steadily making my way through the audio versions of Tamora Pierce's Tortall Universe books. I was super excited to get to Alanna's story. She has always been my favourite. This story has aged well and listening to it was like a warm blanket settling over me. The narration was good; my only peeve is that I wish the narrator would have done more accents for the characters. I've always had it in my mind that the character of George Cooper would have some kind of working man's accent, maybe English m, or irish in sound, for example and here he just sounds like he's from somewhere in the Midwest of the US. It doesnt quite match the way his dialouge is writing.Anyway, great book, good audio overall and looking forward to the next one.

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