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    Hi guys! I’m looking for books in which a girl pretends to be a boy for some reason!

    I always read this kind of story, but I never find one that happens these days. For example, the protagonist has to enter an exclusively male school or enter some kind of sports team… I would like stories like that

    by Papabooks

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    1. I can’t quite remember if the protagonist fully pretends to be a boy or is just regularly mistaken for one because she dresses masc and is learning a male dominated skill, but I enjoyed Ellen Kushner’s The Privilege of the Sword. It’s technically a sequel and references the previous book, Swordspoint, but it can be read alone as well.

    2. The Alanna series by Tamora Pierce has Alanna pretending to be a boy so she can attend school and train to be a knight. It’s a young adult series, but pretty good.

      Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi is about a girl who leaves home disguised as a boy to fight in the US Civil War. Also young adult.

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