4.22 AVERAGE

adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Younger me would have ate this up
adventurous inspiring fast-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

3.5

I have no nostalgia for this but it was still really fun. I can’t wait to continue the series as it continues too.

Alanna is my hero!
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Great!*
*Ok this was first published in 1983 and it is about a young girl pretending to be a young boy and therefore there is language in it that is arguably transphobic. I in NO way think this was the author's intent, I think she just didn't know. As such, if you have a child who you think might be questioning their gender, recommend this with caution. Explain to them that sometimes characters have limited worldviews and they may state things as facts that are not so. This is probably a good thing to teach all children, but children who are happy and secure in the gender they were assigned at birth will not be harmed by the passage I'm referring to, whereas children who question their assigned gender might be.

**I don't need you commenting anything like "those ARE facts!" or anything like that on this review. You're not going to change my mind and I'm not going to come back to argue with you.