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Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
5.0
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Growing up this was my first book of a girl training to become a knight. Is it perfect? No, the author had to grow and learn to write diversity better (she eventually did it well but not in this book). But it does excellent depictions of different kinds of strengths, world building, and magic systems.