Song of the Lioness series by Tamara Pierce
Lead
- Lead character is a girl who has to disguise herself as a boy to become a knight.
- Setting is a medieval world with many different cultures, lots of politics, and magic.
Objective
- Character wants to be the first ever woman knight, which requires a lot of secrecy.
- She wants to both get her shield and to get away from the expectations of her as a girl.
Confrontation
- She must live with all males in tight quarters.
- She faces execution if she fails.
- She also must protect the prince, who knows her secret.
Knock-out Ending
- Ends with a huge battle between forces which have been conspiring since the first book, where all loose ends are tied up and she ends up with pretty much everything she wanted out of life, though with some losses.
Spices
- A secret
- Diverse characters that both deny and cater to stereotypes
- Diverse and real relationships that have problems and don’t always end perfectly
- An exciting setting
- An important message
- Action as well as more thoughtful parts
- Lots of good hour that doesn’t take away from the serious parts
- The unique world has multiple cultures and religions which the main character interacts with
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Lead
- Main Character is an orphan wizard with magical powers more magical than normal wizards who defeated an evil wizard when he was a baby.
- Setting is Hogwarts, a magical castle-school full of wizards.
Objective
- To survive the constant attacks of Voldemort also stop dead wizard Hitler.
- Pass wizard exams.
Confrontation
- He encounters many different obstacles including an entire half of a war force gunning against him. Basically people either want him dead or glorify him into the poster child of good. He later has a prophecy that says he cannot live while Voldemort survives, and can be the only one to kill Voldemort.
Knock-out Ending
- He defeats Voldemort and restores balance and rightness to the wizard world.
Spices
- Setting includes a secret world hidden within our own
- Almost all characters have interesting and sympathetic back stories, no one is truly pure evil
- Explores the full extent of the hard choices and damages of war
- Descriptions of setting are rich and colourful
- Engaging voice
- Even though it is a children's book it explores deep themes like corruption in the establishment
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