num_pages: 284
description: "Let her prove herself worthy as a man."  Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the vast desert of Tortall. Captured by fierce desert dwellers, she is forced to prove herself in a duel to the death -- either she will be killed or she will be inducted into the tribe. Although she triumphs, dire challenges lie ahead. As her mythic fate would have it, Alanna soon becomes the tribe's first female shaman -- despite the desert dwellers' grave fear of the foreign woman warrior. Alanna must fight to change the ancient tribal customs of the desert tribes -- for their sake and for the sake of all Tortall.  Alanna's journey continues...
language: English
title: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
titlecomplete: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
characters: Myles of Olau, Ali Mukhtab, Halef Seif, George Cooper, Coram Smythesson, Alanna of Trebond, Jonathan of Conte, Ishak
genres: High Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult, Magic, Teen, Fantasy, Romance, Adventure, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
ratings_count: 78870
places: Tortall
series: Song of the Lioness, Tortall (Chronological Order), Tortall
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Simon Pulse