Remember my post earlier about the “Alanna books”? Well, Tamora Pierce wrote another series that was fondly read and re-read during my pre-teen years: the “Dane books”.
The series is called The Immortals, but much like her original series, the main character is more memorable than the title, so in my house, they are referred to as the “Dane books”. It’s not a necessity to read the Alanna books beforehand, but I highly recommend you do, since grown-up Alanna makes an appearance in these books. If you like Dane’s stories and decide to go back and read Alanna’s afterwards, you’ll already know how everything turned out for her and her friends. Now, on to Dane. Dane is a thirteen-year-old homeless orphan with an unusual ability to talk to and heal animals. How cool is that? She sees an injured bird or kitty, holds him and heals him, and he can talk to her afterwards! These books are still set in the Middle Ages like the Alanna books, but they focus heavily on animals, healing, and magic, rather than knights-in-training. As Dane grows throughout the series, she’ll travel to exotic lands, fall in love, and even interact with immortal animal species and gods! Oh, and she just might learn how to shapeshift into different animal forms. . . And for anyone thinking these are girly books, I must add that my teenage brother loved these books even more than I did!
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