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Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic, Book 1) Mass Market Paperback – September 1, 1999
Four elements of power, four mages-in-training learning to control them. In Book 1 of the Circle of Magic Quartet, gifted young weaver Sandry is brought to the Winding Circle community. There she meets Briar, a former thief with a way with plants; Daja, an outcase gifted at metalcraft; and Tris, whose connection with the weather unsettles everyone, including herself. The four misfits are taught how to use their magic, but when disaster strikes, it's up to Sandry to weave together four different kinds of power to save herself, her friends, and Winding Circle.
- Reading age12 years and up
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level7 - 9
- Dimensions4 x 0.6 x 6.75 inches
- PublisherScholastic Paperbacks
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 1999
- ISBN-100590554085
- ISBN-13978-0590554084
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--Kirkus Reviews
The action is swift, the fantasy world nicely defined, and the ending will leave readers wanting more. With a multicultural cast and enough gender role-reversal to make a lot of people happy, this is a promising first title in a series.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
[T]his is an enjoyable fantasy for middle-grade readers, who will look forward to the next book in the series.
--School Library Journal
Pierce has created an excellent new world where magic is a science…and populated it with a cast of well-realized characters. Teens will eagerly await the planned sequels.
--Booklist
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- Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks (September 1, 1999)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0590554085
- ISBN-13 : 978-0590554084
- Reading age : 12 years and up
- Grade level : 7 - 9
- Item Weight : 4.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 4 x 0.6 x 6.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #735,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12,214 in Children's Fantasy & Magic Books
- #13,538 in Teen & Young Adult Fantasy
- #24,954 in Children's Literature (Books)
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About the author

Tamora Pierce is a bestselling author of young adult fantasy books that break past the traditions of the fantasy genre to feature teenage girls as knights, wizards, and above all: heroes. A #1 New York Times bestseller and the recipient of the 2013 Margaret A. Edwards award, Tamora has written over 30 books, including the newly-released TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER.
Tamora was drawn to books from a young age. Raised in rural Pennsylvania, the child of a "long, proud line of hillbillies," her family never had much. "We were poor, but I didn't know it then. We had a garden where my folks grew fruit and vegetables and our water came from a well," she explains. But one thing they did have was plenty of books. So Tamora read.
A self-proclaimed "geek," she devoured fantasy and science fiction novels, and by the age of 12 was mimicking her literary idols and writing her own action-packed stories. It was thanks to her father that Tamora began writing. "He heard me telling myself stories as I did dishes, and he suggested that I try to write some of them down," Pierce says.
But Tamora's novels had one major difference: unlike the books she was reading, her stories featured teenaged girl warriors. "I couldn't understand this lapse of attention on the part of the writers I loved, so until I could talk them into correcting this small problem, I wrote about those girls, the fearless, bold, athletic creatures that I was not, but wanted so badly to be."
Seventeen years later, after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, a brief career in teen social work and some time spent writing for radio, Tamora Pierce held true to her childhood crusade, and published ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTURE, the first in a quartet about a valiant, young, female warrior. Pierce's heroine struck a chord with readers across the country and quickly earned her a loyal following.
Now, with over 30 critically-acclaimed books to her name, Pierce lives in upstate New York with her husband Tim and their menagerie of nine cats, two birds, a flock of pigeons, various raccoons and squirrels, and one opossum. "It's a pretty good life, if I do say so myself. Struggling along as a kid and even through my twenties, it's the kind of life I dreamed of but never believed I would get. Yet here I am, after a lot of work, a lot of worry, a lot of care for details, and a massive chunk of luck, the kind that brought me such strong friends and readers. Pretty good for a hillbilly, yes? And I never take it for granted."
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This, the first of the Circle books, introduces the four magical children who grow to be wonderful, magical beings. Although this is titled as Sandry's book, it really is about all four.
Please: if you are a preteen, young adult, adult or have children you consider your own in any of those categories, buy these books and the ones that follow them. Then get her other series: the Lioness, Protector of the Small, Immortals and on. You will never regret teaching your young (or yourselves) the lessons to be had in these pages. They go down easy and stay forever.
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この作者、なんだか英語圏では人気がありそうな人で、読んでみてもツボを押えていてとても面白いのに日本で未訳というのはもったいないですね。ファンタジー好きに特にお勧めです。ただ子供向きなので、堅いのが好きな人(そんなファンタジー好きいるのか?)には辛いかも。。






