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Summary: Colors of Another world.
Review: After reading this far in the Circle of Three books I've seen the exampls of witchcraft and the effects they have on people. This book has opend the eyes of people including me. In the book Cooper decides to show her belifes freely by wearing her pentacle star which is one of the greatest symbols involved in the Craft. Most are very unconfortable when they see her star. Will Cooper have to give up the pentacle? Meanwhile Kate is haveing trouble telling her parents about her involvement in witchcraft. Will she lose all she's worked so hard for? Also Annie decides to express her belifes in witchcraft freely. Will
her decision bring her world crashing down on her?
I rated this book a five because even though these books are about the girls and their expieriences this one really opened my eyes. And I'd just like to say that Cooper, Kate,and Annie are right, most don't truley know what witchcraft is and what it stands for... it's completely harmless unless you don't know what you're doing. And I know that some wish to make sure their children aren't invovled with the Craft, and I respect that but sometimes the best way to "protect" something, is to set it free.
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Summary: Yes, it is possible...
Review: Cooper has always been on this other girl's nerves. But there was nothing she could do about it until she recognized what a less-educated person would call a Satanic symbol. Yes, it is possible for such a thing to occur anywhere in the world. Especially when someone is determined to bring another person down. This practice of hate is shown toward any symbol that one might find offensive. . And this is only a small list of religious symbols--and does not even get into a much longer list of symbols regarding other issues. It might seem extreme that a symbol could cause so much hate, but remember it this way. You are skiing in the Swiss Alps, a pleasant day until an avalanche strikes. And it began because one little snowflake...
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Summary: The best in the series!!
Review: Definately the best book in the series. In this book, a ton of things happen. Kate finally reveals her involvement in Wicca to her parents, and the blow a fuse!! While she's telling this to her parents, Cooper's going through a rough spot too. She's suspended for coming to school wearing her necklace that has a pentacle on it. She takes the problem to the school board, but they tell her that she can't wear it. She gets a petition signed to get a revote, and with a little help from Sophia, she wins and is alloud to wear her pentacle. This book was definately the best in the series, and I've read them all. I would definately read this book! Not just this book, the whole series!!!!!!! They're the best!!!!!!!
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Summary: SLAM DUNK!
Review: Freedoms of expression and religion are challenged when Cooper wears a pentacle to school. Some teachers and students find it offensive and complain to the principal, who tries to see such an issue from both sides. Most of this series has dealt with its characters individually as each of them adjusts to their new beliefs. While this story appears to be about Cooper's challenge, Kate and Annie feel it hit them just as hard--especially Kate, who has just renewed a friendship with Jessica and Tara. What will she tell them when they start asking questions about Cooper? Isobel Bird hits as close to home as possible with this book!! We do not have to Wiccan to understand the pain suffered here. The series just keeps getting better.
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Summary: The best one from this series (so far)
Review: I have such a boring job this summer that I was able to finally pick up this book and read it. I started reading this series because it was on display at the bookstore where I worked, and before it went out of business, I bought the first 3 books. At first it was nothing spectacular, but I was hooked all the same. It is your basic teenage novel, except that the teenage heroines are studying wicca. I enjoy fantasy novels, and therefore the supernatural, but this series is different. It looks at wicca as a religion, and also investigates magic. This book takes a look at what happens to these three teenagers as they admit to their society that they are studying wicca. Cooper decides to wear a pentacle necklace at school, which causes an uproar. Cooper faces suspension, and her freedom of speech is questioned. Her two friends and fellow wicca-studiers, Kate and Annie, are dragged in with Cooper. Should they admit to studying wicca? Annie faces the judgement of her boyfriend, and Kate the judgement of her family. But what got to me about this book is not so much the issue (is wicca/witchcraft evil?), but the issue of freedom of speech in schools. I suggest this series to anyone who is interested in wicca, or anyone who wonders about it. A fantastic story.
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Summary: The best one from this series (so far)
Review: I have such a boring job this summer that I was able to finally pick up this book and read it. I started reading this series because it was on display at the bookstore where I worked, and before it went out of business, I bought the first 3 books. At first it was nothing spectacular, but I was hooked all the same. It is your basic teenage novel, except that the teenage heroines are studying wicca. I enjoy fantasy novels, and therefore the supernatural, but this series is different. It looks at wicca as a religion, and also investigates magic. This book takes a look at what happens to these three teenagers as they admit to their society that they are studying wicca. Cooper decides to wear a pentacle necklace at school, which causes an uproar. Cooper faces suspension, and her freedom of speech is questioned. Her two friends and fellow wicca-studiers, Kate and Annie, are dragged in with Cooper. Should they admit to studying wicca? Annie faces the judgement of her boyfriend, and Kate the judgement of her family. But what got to me about this book is not so much the issue (is wicca/witchcraft evil?), but the issue of freedom of speech in schools. I suggest this series to anyone who is interested in wicca, or anyone who wonders about it. A fantastic story.
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Summary: This was one of Bird's best books so far!
Review: I must say, I rate all of these books with five stars, this one should get a 10! I found it correct on how it can feel to be studying wicca in school. I've never had to go through all of what Cooper did, but I've had about my fair share in the past year. This book was well written, and at sometimes over whelming as Kate, Annie, and Cooper's lives are all spinning out of control, but it had to happen sooner or later. MIght as well be sooner, right?
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Summary: Even better than the last
Review: The Circle of Three Series takes a new personal step in this novel. In The Five Paths, Cooper, Annie, Kate, and Sasha all return to school with new fears and apprehensions. Annie wonders how the school will accept the new her and worries if Brian will still like her without Freya. Kate knows she has to tell her parents about wicca and when she reconnects with some of her old friends she has more people that she's lying to about. And when Cooper where a wiccan pentacle to school she starts an uproar. Other people who don't know about the craft are scared by it. The school Principal even orders to take it out. Soon everyone in the school is somehow involved with this battle of free speach vrs. student's apprehensions. And by the end of this book a member may be forced to leave the circle. This book was much more personal then the rest of the series because instead of focusing on magic it forcuses more on the elements surrounding it. Kate, Cooper, and Annie learn that Junior year is much more complicated than they ever thought. I think this is one of the best books in the series thus far. I swear they just keep on getting better and better. THe next one, Above the Veil, looks amazing too. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did. I reccomend it to anyone who loves the series.
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Summary: Another great book in this series!
Review: The eighth book in the Circle of Three series finds our heroines beginning their junior year of high school. As with the start of any new school year, Kate, Annie, and Cooper meet it with mixed emotions. Kate is still keeping her involvement with Wicca a secret from her family and her other friends. Annie has a new look, a new attitude, and a new boyfriend. Cooper is still experiencing a rocky relationship with her boyfriend T.J., who does not agree with her being so open about her involvement with Wicca. Although experiencing different things, Kate, Annie, and Cooper remain committed to their friendship and their study of the craft. Their commitment, however, is challenged when controversy breaks out over Cooper's wearing a pentacle, a Wiccan symbol. While some students and teachers feel threatened by her wearing it, Cooper refuses to rake it off. Soon a battle rages over her right to wear this symbol. As the battle escalates, Kate, Annie, and Cooper find that they cannot escape the fall out as it affects their relationships with their family, friends, and each other. This book was a bit of a departure from the previous books in that it didn't revolve around a challenge brought on by a spell or one of the characters abilities. Instead this story focused on a challenge of the practice of Wicca itself and the rights of those individuals who practice it to acknowledge it through self-expression. The author does a wonderful job of portraying the characters and their reactions to this situation. The way each girl handles the controversy and subsequent backlash rings true. I would highly recommend this book to fans of the series, as well as people looking to read a good story about freedom of self-expression. I'm definitely looking forward to the next book in the series.
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Summary: Making a Mountain out of a Molehill
Review: The Five Paths in the Circle of Three series is the one that deals with the controversy that arises from one of the three heroines - Cooper - wearing a pentagram symbol of her Wiccan religion. However, this does not go down well with her environment at school, and eventually her determination to wear a symbol of her religion leds her into serious trouble. This is a very important book in the series dealing with free-will, religious rights and personal expression, and thankfully the author gives a good account of BOTH sides of the arguement. As much as Wiccans hate it, the pentagram is also a symbol used by Satanists and people will continue to identify the pentagram with them. However, this book helps teach the ignorant that the importance is not the symbol itself, but what it means to the person who is wearing it.
Unfortunatly the entire premise is based on the possibility that wearing a pentagram symbol will led to outrage, violence, court-cases, newspaper articles and un-founded prejudice. I won't deny that there is prejudice against all religions in the world, but I found it hard to believe that all the negative events that occured in the book were simply because one high-schooler wore a pentagram necklace.
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