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Sandry's Book, by Tamora Pierce is a fantasy novel set mainly in Emelan. It is the first in a quartet of books: The Circle of Magic , starring four young mages as they discover their magic. Plot
Circle of Magic is a quartet of fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce, [1] [2] set in Emelan, a fictional realm in a pseudo-medieval and renaissance era. It revolves around four young mages , each specializing in a different kind of magic , as they learn to control their extraordinary and strong powers and put them to use. [ 3 ]
The critic aggregates Books in the Media and Bookmarks gave the book ratings of 4.14 and 4 out of 5, respectively. [2] [3] In a review for The New York Times, Claire Messud describes Miller's Circe as "pleasurable," approving of its feminist themes and its "highly psychologized, redemptive and ultimately exculpatory account" of Circe's familiar ...
Katherine Neville (born 1945) is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling American author who writes adventure/quest novels. Her novels include The Eight (1988), A Calculated Risk (1992), The Magic Circle (1998) [1] and The Fire (2008), which is a sequel to The Eight.
The book was first published in 2000, one year after Briar's Book concluded the original Circle of Magic quartet in 1999. A review by Janice M. Del Negro for the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books says the book "serves more as set-up than as a well-developed story of its own" and "The characterizations are less richly layered, relying on the previous series to fill in the blanks".
Avalon: Web of Magic (also printed as Avalon: Quest for Magic) is a series of twelve young adult fantasy books written by American author Rachel Roberts between 2001 and 2010. The books tell of the adventures of a trio of modern girls who are turned into mages to save the legendary land of Avalon from those who want to use its magic for evil.
The Circle Opens books began being published the year after the Circle of Magic quartet concluded in 1999, with the four books appearing one a year in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. The series' publisher, Scholastic Books, published a lesson plan for teachers to use the quartet in the classroom.
Water & Fire (2001): Circle of Magic # 1-2, and short story Elder Brother (Tortall) Air & Earth (2003): Circle of Magic # 3-4; The Omnibus edition is Circle of Magic Quartet; Chapters from Sandry's Book are also found in Tamora Pierce: Enter the Circle, a Scholastic books promotional sampler.