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** In the [[Tortall Universe]], pages start combat training at about ten years old and train for four years to become squires. The two quartets to have much to do with that are told from the POV of a page; the first one, Alanna, acts considerably more childishly than the second one, Keladry. This is probably due to temperament; Alanna is an impulsive hothead, especially in her youth. Still, they tend to be quite mature.
*** Also, Keladry had already witnessed battle on more than one occasion, which is why she wanted to be a knight.
* Some readers have suggested Tiffany Aching, the nine-year-old witch in ''[[
* Averted in [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[IT]]''. King really gets the way children think and reason.
* Averted in the works of [[Robert Cormier]]. His teens swear, masturbate, drink, fight, and just generally flout the artificial limits imposed in the majority of American literature.
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