Aly is the daughter of the illustrious Alanna of Trebond, and so has a lot to live up to. A young spy, she takes on a mission to a very different culture (vaguely Japanese). As always, Pierce’s young female characters are spunky, intelligent, and get into just enough scrapes to be amusing. This series is written as two longer novels instead of Pierce’s previous quartet format, in part thanks to the success of the very long Harry Potter books. I recommend Pierce’s work to middle- and high-school students of any gender, even though the main characters are almost always girls.
Author: Tamora Pierce
Order: Trickster’s Choice; Trickster’s Queen
Tortall Series: Song of the Lioness; Immortals; Protector of the Small; Trickster; Beka Cooper
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