Sandry’s Book by Tamora Pierce

Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Fantasy; Magic, Circle of Magic
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars

Back Cover: Trapped in a dark cellar, a noble girl waits hopelessly, for the door of her prison is sealed with magic… Third time unlucky: a thief who has again been caught stealing will be sentenced to a short, brutal life of hard labor… The lone survivor of a shipwreck, a young trader is pronounced an outcast by her own people… A girl whose strange connection to the weather unsettles everyone, including herself, has run out of refuges… Four young people – all possessing powers they do not understand, all in dire need of rescue, of training, of a home, maybe even of each other – meet up with the one man who can help. The mysterious Niklaren Goldeye takes them, one by one, to Winding Circle, a temple community. There they are installed in a cottage called Discipline. Are they being punished? Or does Niko have some other reason for bringing them together?

This is the first book in the Circle of Magic series. It is about four young children who are all orphans with something special. And together they are amazing. Sandry has grown up as a noble. While Tris has been moved from school and family to many times. Daja has lost everything and is even scorned by her people for surviving. Briar is a thief and can’t run anymore. But in while they are dealing with all this there are things that are also coming and they must work together. I really like this story even though it is for a younger audience. The characters are well developed and you get to watch as each one discovers themselves. It is another amazing magical world that Tamora Pierce creates. I look forward to reading the next book in this series, Tris’s Book.

Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 0590554085
Pages: 272
Series: Circle of Magic
Volume: 1