Alanna: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Alanna: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2025) retells the opening volume of Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet in full color, adapted by Vita Ayala and illustrated by Sam Beck. It follows the same story as the 1983 novel: Alanna of Trebond trades places with her twin brother Thom, disguising herself as a boy named "Alan" to train as a palace page while he studies sorcery at the convent. Through hard training, a bullying rival, and new friends among nobles and thieves alike, Alanna works to earn her place and keep her secret.
This is a new illustrated telling of the original novel's story, not a different book in the series — the same plot Pierce wrote in 1983, redrawn for a new generation of readers.
A nobleman's daughter who trades places with her twin to train as a page under the name "Alan," hiding her sex through years of knight's training.
An older, bullying page who torments Alanna during her first year at the palace until she defeats him in combat.
Prince Jonathan's cousin, a powerful and charming sorcerer whom Alanna distrusts from their first meeting at the palace.
Alanna's twin brother, who trades places with her to study sorcery at the convent instead of training as a knight.
The crown prince, three years older than Alanna, who becomes her closest friend and training companion among the pages.