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The Will of the Empress

December 8, 2013 by kyliecalwell

Tamora Pierce Scholastic ISBN: 9780545074551 RRP: $13.99 Age: 11+ Key Words: Magic, Friendship, Adventure Published: 1st Oct 2008 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Winding Circle is a long way away for our four mages, at least it is time wise and now they are all back together they find they can’t go back to the way things were. They all experienced things they don’t know how to share and this causes rifts between them. Then Sandry’s uncle asks the others to accompany her […]

Categories: Fantasy, Young Adult • Tags: Adventure, Espionage, fantasy, friendship, Highly Recommended, magic, Politics, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Tamora Pierce

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Melting Stones

December 8, 2013 by kyliecalwell

Tamora Pierce Scholastic ISBN: 9780545052658 RRP: $17.99 Age: 11+ Key Words: Magic, Nature Published: 1st Aug 2012 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Evvy has been an apprentice stone mage for four years now. She really doesn’t want to be on another journey with her mentor, Rosethorn but she finds herself accompanying her and Dedicate Myrrhtide, a water mage, to the Battle Islands. Something is causing the plants and animals to die and it is up to Rosethorn and Myrrhtide to find out what, […]

Categories: Fantasy, Young Adult • Tags: Adventure, Evvy, fantasy, magic, nature, Recommended, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Tamora Pierce

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Shatterglass

December 2, 2013 by kyliecalwell

Tamora Pierce Scholastic Circle Opens bk 4 ISBN: 9780590396967 RRP: $15.99 Age: 11+ Key Words: Mystery, Crime, Magic Published: 1st March 2004 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Tris is visiting the city of Tharios with her mentor Niklaren. This is another opportunity for learning and Tris loves knowledge. There are things happening in Tharios though and when Tris feels the pull of power by a glass mage Keth she is furious until she realises he is untrained and didn’t realise what he was […]

Categories: Fantasy, Young Adult • Tags: Circle Opens, crime, fantasy, magic, mystery, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Tamora Pierce, Tris

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Cold Fire

December 2, 2013 by kyliecalwell

Tamora Pierce Scholastic Circle Opens bk 3 ISBN: 9780590396561 RRP: $15.99 Age: 11+ Key Words: Mystery, Magic Published: 1st March 2003 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Daja Kisubo and her teacher Frostpine are wintering with friends of his in Kugisko. It is a port location made up of many islands. A strange place for fire mages to holiday. It is here though that a series of strange fires happen. Daja takes it upon herself to assist local firefighter Bennat Ladradun in fighting them. […]

Categories: Fantasy, Young Adult • Tags: Adventure, Circle Opens, Daja, magic, mystery, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Tamora Pierce

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Street Magic

December 2, 2013 by kyliecalwell

Tamora Pierce Scholastic Circle Opens bk 2 ISBN: 9780590396431 RRP: $15.99 Age: 11+ Key Words: Action, Mystery, Magic, Fantasy Published: 1st April 2002 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Briar is a plant mage. His is incredibly skilled, especially for one so young. He can distil medicines, get a garden to grow in the blink of an eye and persuade a tree to trap a criminal. He has a very strong empathy with nature and plants love to reach out to him. His is […]

Categories: Fantasy, Young Adult • Tags: action, Briar, Circle Opens, fantasy, magic, mystery, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Tamora Pierce

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Magic Steps

December 2, 2013 by kyliecalwell

Tamora Pierce Scholastic Circle Opens bk 1 ISBN: 9780590396059 RRP: $15.99 Age: 11+ Key Words: Fantasy, Adventure, Crime, Magic Published: 1st April 2001 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Sandry can weave magic like it is thread, a unique and awe inspiring skill. For now she has left the Winding Circle and her teacher Lark to look after her uncle, Duke Vedris of Emelan, who has been really ill. Things do not stay as calm as Sandry would like when a mysterious murder is […]

Categories: Fantasy, Young Adult • Tags: Circle Opens, crime, fantasy, magic, Recommended, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Tamora Pierce

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The Will of the Empress

Melting Stones

Shatterglass

Cold Fire

Street Magic

Magic Steps