Episode 2 - Alanna: The First Adventure, By Tamora Pierce

Following up Madeleine's Forever-Hero with Grace's, it's time to discuss Alanna: The First Adventure, by Tamora Pierce! The first book in the Song of the Lioness quartet, this novel introduces us to the pert Alanna/Alan as she gets her gender-swap-enabled schooling underway and starts learning how to be Tortall's eternal savior.

Note - some minor spoilers for other Song of the Lioness books, but if you're here, you've read them all, right? ;-) Also, ongoing and significant pronunciation apologies.