Circle Opens: Cold Fire

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Summary: Cold Fire
Review: This is this is not the best of her work, but its ok. I like it. It told about Daja. I liked the first two books of this series better because thier students had kind of the same talents of their teachers.

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Summary: Excellent addition to 'The Circle Opens'
Review: This was a fascinating book in which Tamora Pierce explores a unique culture in such detail and with such vibrancy that it's difficult to believe it is truly fantasy. This is perhaps my favorite of The Circle Opens series so far - the character development of two such beloved personalities as Daja and Frostpine was handled beautifully. I would like to say however, that these books are NOT meant for elementary school readers - another review comments on this, and I agree that this is for more advanced readers, though I am puzzled by a comment that other books from this series are 'suitable' for the elementary library - because other instalments deal with such topics as child-poverty, deadly illness and assasination. I wouldn't let a small child read them. I would, however, recommend them to any of the voracious readers that I teach, and indeed, to any children in my family. Well done Ms Pierce.

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Summary: One of Her Best Works
Review: Wouldn't it be cool to have the power to draw heat into your body or control fire and metal? Well, Daja Kisubo can, and she can do it very well. Now fourteen, Daja and her teacher Frostpine are staying with some friends of his in Kugisko in the empire of Namorn. Hoping for a nice vacation there, the man and young woman's wish is shattered; Daja ends up teaching two young girls how to control their magic and chasing an arsonist, and Frostpine is after a counterfitter. Niamara and Jorality Bancanor, the daughters of Daja's host, find that they have ambiant magic, one that doesn't reveal itself until much later in life. After finding teachers for them, Daja has to teach them meditation to keep their magic under control, since their new tutors own large, bustling workshops. On top of all that, Daja joins up with firefighter Bennat Ladradun, a man who lost is family in a fire, to fight fires that are beginning to spring up over Kugisko. From Ben's point of view, their friendship seems more like a love affair, whereas Daja just looks at him as a friend. In the middle of the book, things get serious when the fires are more fatal and bigger, and their friendship is tested. The ending is really sad, but the plot is incrediable, letting you see into the arsonist's mind, though it's still hard to understand how someone could do such a thing. There are some flaws; though Daja is still her calm and polite self, sometimes she seemed a little cold to me, not as warm as her character suggests, but Tamora did a nice job. It's a must read for every bookworm.(HERE HERE!)

Rating:
Summary: One of Her Best Works
Review: Wouldn't it be cool to have the power to draw heat into your body or control fire and metal? Well, Daja Kisubo can, and she can do it very well. Now fourteen, Daja and her teacher Frostpine are staying with some friends of his in Kugisko in the empire of Namorn. Hoping for a nice vacation there, the man and young woman's wish is shattered; Daja ends up teaching two young girls how to control their magic and chasing an arsonist, and Frostpine is after a counterfitter. Niamara and Jorality Bancanor, the daughters of Daja's host, find that they have ambiant magic, one that doesn't reveal itself until much later in life. After finding teachers for them, Daja has to teach them meditation to keep their magic under control, since their new tutors own large, bustling workshops. On top of all that, Daja joins up with firefighter Bennat Ladradun, a man who lost is family in a fire, to fight fires that are beginning to spring up over Kugisko. From Ben's point of view, their friendship seems more like a love affair, whereas Daja just looks at him as a friend. In the middle of the book, things get serious when the fires are more fatal and bigger, and their friendship is tested. The ending is really sad, but the plot is incrediable, letting you see into the arsonist's mind, though it's still hard to understand how someone could do such a thing. There are some flaws; though Daja is still her calm and polite self, sometimes she seemed a little cold to me, not as warm as her character suggests, but Tamora did a nice job. It's a must read for every bookworm.(HERE HERE!)