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Briar's Book

by: Tamora Pierce (author)

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Former "street rat" Briar leads a comfortable life at Winding Circle Temple, learning plan magic from Rosethorn. But street kids are still his friends, and when one of them gets sick, she turns to Briar for help. When her disease proves beyond even Rosethorn's power, Briar realizes that all of... show more

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Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages no: 258

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Young Adult, Magic, Childrens, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Teen, High Fantasy, Middle Grade, Young Adult Fantasy

Series: Circle of Magic (#4)

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Wandering through fiction rated it

11 years ago

http://sophiejackson.booklikes.com Wandering through fiction 3.0 The Healing in the Vine

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Solid end to the series. Nice to see the fantasy world having as much difficulty with an epidemic as the human one.

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Lisa (Harmony) rated it

11 years ago

http://LisaMariaC.booklikes.com Lisa (Harmony) 3.0 Briar's Book (Circle of Magic #4)

text Briar's Book (Circle of Magic #4)

This is the fourth book in the Circle of Magic series, set in a completely different world than Pierce's Tortall books. Coming to this series after those books, I felt I had taken a step back, since they were written earlier than her later books in that universe, and Pierce grew as a writer through ...

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A Man With An Agenda rated it

13 years ago

http://Myles.booklikes.com A Man With An Agenda 4.0 Briar's Book, Circle of Magic #4

text Briar's Book, Circle of Magic #4

OK, finally. The book that justifies my nostalgic expectations for this series. 'Sandry's Book' got a pass through the potential of the characters being introduced and the full weight of re-experiencing these books for the first time. But with 'Tris's Book' and 'Daja's Book' that nostalgia began to ...

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wealhtheow rated it

13 years ago

http://wealhtheow.booklikes.com wealhtheow 4.0

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Briar escaped life as a homeless young thief when his magic was discovered. Since then, he has renamed himself and, to a certain extent, reinvented himself. He realizes how much he's changed in skills, outlook and assumptions (like trusting authorities, or actually *wanting* to be clean) when one ...

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