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Summary: A mind capturing fantasy for all readers!!
Review: This book was worth the wait for me! I went and bought it and Tris's Book (2). And I have just recently finished Sandry's book, and just WOW! It was very good, and made me keep reading, my hands were glued to the book. The book basically is about a young girl named Sandry who is broughts upon the Wnding Circle Temple by Master Niko. There she is snet to Discipline cottage were she is introduced to Briar, Daja, and Tris. Through the book you see the diffrences between all three kids, and how Sandry who uses thread magic, mends the problems and between the kids bringing them all closer as friends. And come towards the end, well I dont want to ruin the story but it is very good. I hope Tris's Book will be just as good if not better, especially since she is my favorite charcater. Well thats about it, I hope all who read this book will enjoy it as much as I did!
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Summary: 5 Stars For Circle of Magic Series
Review: I have read the Cicle of Magic quartet, and I loved them all. Tamora Pierce made a world unlike the one we live in. The world is a place where mages (people who have magic in a certain area)thrive. The stories are about 4 teen mages come together and discover their power, and find that it is greater than anyone could have ever guessed. Each mage has thier own book, where a story is told of amazing courage and friendship. The four mages aglong with their teachers discover more than enough to satify your crave for adventure. The quartet takes you to a place where anything can happen, and will happen.
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Summary: Sandry's Book
Review: Sandry's Book is the first book in Tamora Pierce's The Circle of Magic series. This book introduces the four main characters of the series: Sandry, who has thread magic, Tris, who has weather magic, Daja, who has metal magic, and Briar, who has plant magic. These four young mages are new to their powers and never knew they existed. When they first meet, they don't get along. But after a while they learn to live with each other. As they learn the basic skills of magic, they also learn more about how to use and controll their powers. Their particularly rare knids of magic are strong, but it is stronger when they are together. When an earthquake threatens their lives, they bind thier magics and learn to work together.
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Summary: If only I had picked this up a few years ago
Review: For some strange reason, in all the years I've been reading fantasy, I haven't picked up many Tamora Pierce books. Now it's not that I dislike them, I find them to be quite interesting, but I never really got into them. Now I'm 16 and probably a bit too old to be getting into these books but I still love them. Sandry's book is the first book in a fantasy quartet about four young adults with special gifts. The first book introduces us to the four main charecters: Sandry, the bright and friendly noble girl who has a strange gift for weaveing, Daja, a headstrong Trader who is considered cursed by her people, Triss, a stubborn young girl who's power over the weather mystifies even herself, and Briar, a street smart theif who has a strange gift with plant life. These four children live dark lives until they are brought to a temple by Master Niko. Here they learn about magic hidden deep inside of them and begin to learn how to control it. But if the four strong-willed young people cannot bind together they may find themselves in terrible peril.I found this book to be magical, entertaining, and exciting. THe only complaint I had with it is how the charecters were first found by Niko and that's more something that irks me than anything. I wish I could have picked this up a few years ago, I may have enjoyed it even more. I will definatly pick up the final three books in this series. I can't wait to see what happens to these four appealing charecters.
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Summary: WOW! Fantasy Lover's Must-read!
Review: I've read almost all of Tamora Pierce's books, including the series after this one (The Circle Opens), and I think they're all great. I've read other reviews for this book and couldn't see how people could be disappointed in it."Sandry's Book" has fairly well-developed characters, a great plot (granted, it is somewhat predictable), and I enjoyed watching how it all came together. It is a little hard to follow at first, but once you start reading, you won't be able to put it down. My only complaint is about the title. It is the beginning of a series, and all the characters play major roles. The thing that definetly interests me most about this book is that it has different concepts of magic than I've mostly ever read in fantasy books. In these books, magic is not only accepted but prized as a talent of great importance. Magic is wide-spread and in demand. In books like Harry Potter(J. K. Rowling) or books by Donna Jo Napoli(Sirena, etc.), the magic-doers have to hide from the rest of the world for fear of being hated, hunted, or killed. Our library had a book discussion about this book and it was the only unanimous vote we've ever had. People loved this book, although maybe not the guys as much. But I definetly reccomend this book to anyone looking for a good read!
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Summary: I cant think of a good title. Just read it.
Review: This is the first book that I read by Tamora Pierce and I loooved it! I finished this quartet and I am eagerly awaiting the next book in The Circle Opens. HOWEVER, the only reason I am giving this FOUR stars instead of five is that the rest of Tamora's series are slightly better. After I finished reading Street Magic, I read Alanna the First Adventure. That was it and I was swept up in the world of Tortall. Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, and Lady Knight are all quartets based in Tortall and I think that those are better BUT the Circle books are great too! GO TAMORA! My friend thinks I'm obsessed but believe me, once you start reading you won't be able to stop.
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Summary: Tamora Pierce will not let you down
Review: Okay, I have to admit it. At first I was reluctant to read this book. Actually that's putting it mildly. I did NOT want to read this book what so ever. And that's not because Tamora Pierce is a bad author. (Oh my gosh, NO! She is my favorite.) But her Tortall books had been so good I was afraid I would miss the other characters. (I obviously have some unresolved emotional problems somewhere) Anyway I decided to wait for "First Test" to come out. Then I realized I was too broke(or cheap) to buy it in hardcover and to make a long story short I broke down and bought the first two "Circle of Magic" books in the series. And I loved them. I especially love the characters. The whole story is about these four kids, who are very diverse and unique. They are found by this mage named Niko who brings them together at this really cool place called Winding Circle Temple The four kids don't fit in with the other children so they have to live in a cottage called Discipline which is how they are all brought together to form the "magic circle". Each kid has a special magical talent, (metalcraft, weaving, plants, and weather) and in the end they have to combined their powers to save their lives. Maybe the thing that appealed to me the most was how they all had to live together, (I'm a Real World fanatic, heh heh heh.) but the story is just very very interesting and moving and I really really love it. It's right up there with the Alanna and Daine Quartets, so RELUCTANT TORTALL LOVERS LISTEN TO ME: PLEASE GIVE THIS BOOK A CHANCE-READ A SENTENCE OR TWO JUST FOR ME, YOU'LL LOVE IT
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Summary: Sandry's Book
Review: The Circle Opens Quartet is yet another successful series written by Tamora Pierce. However, this is not the normal heroine Tortall-set story that fans have learned to love. In this book, Tamora Pierce changes the setting of her story and instead of writing about one main character, there are four, one of them being a boy. This story was written for a younger audience, however this does not lessen Pierce's imaginative and colourful stories. The presence of a masculine character, Briar, as one of the most important ones in the story, is quite different compared to Tamora's previous series, and I welcomed this change. Sandry's Book, being the first book in the Circle Opens, is basically an introduction to all four of the characters: Sandry, Tris, Daja and Briar. All of these children are either orphaned or have relatives that do not wish to have them. Since they all come from different social classes and they all have different beliefs, their meeting is an awkward one, but since they were chosen to live in the same house, they must learn to at least respect each other. While they are staying at the Winding Circle Temple, they each discover that they have their own magical gifts: Sandry is gifted in working thread, Tris in changing the weather, Daja in working different types of metal, and Briar in taking care of plants. Since they were not born in an environment that was able to favour these magical gifts, they must now learn how to understand and control them. I recommend this story to any Tamora Pierce fan, however those who are older than twelve-years-old might not enjoy this series as much as her previous ones, especially if they are avid readers. However, even though this book is destined to pre-teenagers, what the book lacks of in maturity and complexity is gained in the discovery of a whole new world. Enjoy!
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Summary: Love It!
Review: I'm a big fan of Tamora Pierce's writing, and this is my favorite of the Circle of Magic Quartet. In this one, Briar, a former street rat, Daja, a trangshi (outcast) trader, Tris, an unwanted merchant's daughter, and Sandry, a noble with a strange attitude, are introduced. It involves much of the emotion that is the author's specialty. There's as always, a lot of laugh out loud and inside your head humor. Sandry's book is definitely a great fantasy!
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Summary: An Opening Book
Review: First of all, I have to say that I just love all of Tamora Pierce's books, and this one was no different. This just wasn't as good as it could have been because all the introductions have to be made, all the learning that they have magic, and the getting from enemies to friends. I enjoyed it, but it was an introduction book, not really an action book. And it wasn't even mostly about Sandry, really. But to get started, a man called Niko rescues four different children and brings them to the same place: Sandry, Roach(Briar), Daja, and Tris. They all are sent to the Discipline cabin for different reasons, where they start off as enemies. Slowly, they each discover their own talents and magic, and Sandry brings it together to make well, a thread of all their magic, which helps them all. By the end of the book, they have put aside their differences and cannot be happier together.
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