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The Circles Opens #3: Cold Fire.
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- ISBN: 9780590396554
- ISBN: 0590396552
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355 ; cm. - Publisher: New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2002.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Lillooet Branch | JPB PIE (Text) | 35180000066307 | Juvenile Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #1 September 2002
Gr. 6-10. In this third title in the Circle Opens series, Daja, the mage featured in Daja's Book (2000), travels with her mentor to study with metal smiths. While wintering in a northern empire, she discovers that the twin daughters of her hosts have magical powers, and she is dismayed to learn that she must teach them until appropriate mentors can be found for them. Teaching the twins is frustrating, but Daja finds creative ways to meet the needs of both girls. She is also drawn to Bennat Ladradun, a firefighter with a tragic past, but her friendship with him is cruelly tested. The author continues to dazzle with appealing, fully realized characters, as well as impressively realized magic, cultures, and settings. Pierce introduces some dark themes--madness, murder, and betrayal--but Daja emerges from these struggles as strong as the fire-forged objects she creates. ((Reviewed September 1, 2002)) Copyright 2002 Booklist Reviews - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2002 Fall
Daja, the magical young metal smith, faces down an arsonist in this addition to the series. The main tension is in the relationship that forms between the young mage and an older firefighter whose passion for training and leading fire brigades borders on obsession. The novel is filled with tactile descriptions that help develop a full picture of Daja, her passion for her work, and her interactions with the snowy and fiery environments. Copyright 2002 Horn Book Guide Reviews - Horn Book Magazine Reviews : Horn Book Magazine Reviews 2002 #4
Daja, the magical young metal smith, faces down an arsonist in the newest addition to the popular fantasy series The Circle Opens. Because of her ability to control fire and handle flames without being burnt, Daja helps rescue victims from several large house fires in the icy northern city of Kugisko, where she and her teacher are spending the winter. Impressed by an older fire fighter, Ben, whose passion for training and leading fire brigades borders on obsession, Daja decides to craft a pair of magical gloves that will allow him to handle hot materials. Because Pierce reveals Ben's thoughts fairly early on, the reader knows long before Daja does that he is in fact the arsonist she seeks. The story's main tension, therefore, is not in the mystery but in the relationship that forms between the young mage and the man she so admires. Following the pattern set in the previous books, Daja takes on a student-in this case, two, the twin daughters of her host family-but unlike those in the previous books, Daja's protTgTes remain minor characters. It is the strength and maturity of Daja's character that is the central focus of the story: the novel is filled with tactile descriptions that help develop a full picture of Daja, her passion for her work, and her interactions with the snowy and fiery environments. Copyright 2002 Horn Book Magazine Reviews - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2002 May #1
Pierce turns somber in her saga of young mages-in-training (Street Magic, 2000, etc.), as the smith-mage Daja encounters a more sinister side to fire-and humanity. Daja accompanies her mentor Frostpine to the snowbound port of Kujisko to learn new skills, but herself becomes the teacher when she discovers the incipient magical talents of her hosts' twin daughters. She also finds a hero in Bennat Ladradun, who transformed his personal tragedy into a firefighting crusade. Daja lends her magic to his mission, rescuing victims from blazing holocausts, and crafting a pair of fireproof gloves. But when investigators suggest arson, she must confront the smoldering motivations that ignite to murder. Daja may have the least distinctive voice among Pierce's adolescent mages, but she more than compensates with the searing drama of her tale. While her efforts to train the mischievous twins offers some light relief, the overall tone is as dark as the northern setting. The devastation caused by the fires is described with graphic (though not gratuitous) intensity. When Pierce reveals that the obsessed Bennat is the arsonist, Daja's betrayal and disillusionment will be shared by readers, who have been accustomed of late to seeing firefighters in a heroic light. Yet Pierce also celebrates the virtues of control and craftsmanship, from the simple joy Daja finds in learning to skate to the blossoming of her pupils under hard work and discipline. An absolute must for fans of the series, the minimal backstory also makes this an exciting and thoughtful stand-alone fantasy. (Fiction. 10-14) Copyright Kirkus 2002 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2002 May #2
Children's NOTES In the Next Episode... In the follow-up to Magic Steps and Street Magic, Daja and her teacher, Frostpine, head to a northern Namorn city for a winter retreat. A ruthless arsonist besieges the town, and Daja helps track down the culprit in Cold Fire, the third title in Tamora Pierce's The Circle Opens quartet. (May) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. - Voice of Youth Advocates Reviews : VOYA Reviews 2002 June
In book three of The Circle Opens, the second series about Briar, Sandry, Tris, and Daja, Pierce returns her focus to Daja Kisubo, one of four gifted teenage mages whose magic is amplified by nature. Daja is a smith-mage, whose magic attunes itself to metals and metal craft. Daja and her companion, Frostpine, travel to Kugisko, a group of islands in the snowy Namom region, intending to winter with the wealthy Bancanor family. While there, Daja discovers that the Bancanor twins, Nia and Jory, also possess ambient magic: carpentry and cooking magic respectively. Unwillingly, Daja undertakes their training, struggling to teach her disparate pupils lessons she herself so recently mastered. Another problem, however, soon captures Daja's attention. A maniacal arsonist is targeting Kugisko's numerous wooden buildings, and Daja's power is needed, both to fight the fires and to discover the culprit. Pierce's diligent attention to detail will delight fantasy readers. Kugisko is at once exotic and accessible. Daja steeps readers in a foreign, inviting culture, watching in disgust as her host strains her tea through jelly, and adapting slowly to the Kugisko custom of using skates as transportation. Although the villain's identity is predictable, Daja's na ve ignorance toward the guilty party is believable, given that the arsonist is the one kindred spirit that Daja discovers in Namom. Although seamless and satisfying, this installment is perhaps Pierce's darkest work, emphasizing Daja's distance from her friends, as well as her responsibility toward her magic and the gruesome consequences of its misuse. Nonetheless, Pierce fans will devour this addition to the series.-Caitlin Augusta. 5Q 4P M J Copyright 2002 Voya Reviews
