Thursdays with Macky • Street Rat? I Don't Buy That

Street Magic  by Tamora Pierce Series:  The Circle Opens #2 Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: November 15, 2006 Source/Format:  Owned || Paperback Briar Moss been training four years as a plant mage, but he hasn't put his past behind him. He meets a street girl, Evvy, using powerful magic to pol…

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Thursdays with Macky • Step-by-Step Sorcery

Magic Steps  by Tamora Pierce Series:  The Circle Opens #1 Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: November 15, 2006 Source/Format: Owned || Paperback Lady Sandrilene fa Toren knows all about unusual magic - she herself spins and weaves it like thread. But when she witnessed a boy dancing a spell, even sh…

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Thursdays with Macky • The Circle of Magic... Opens

Hey, hi and a half dear book-blogosphere-ians! (If that word sucks, I blame the negative effects of media on my brain and if it catches on, you saw it here first!) We are just about done with the Circle of Magic quartet! For those of you who posted on any of the reviews, you have gratified my not-…

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Thursdays with Macky • How Green Things Grow

Briar's Book  by Tamora Pierce Series: Circle of Magic #4 Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: March 1, 2000 Source/Format: Owned || Paperback Briar, whose magic lies in the realm of plants, finds that a dear friend is suffering from a mysterious illness. Briar and his fellow mages-in-training mu…

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Thursdays with Macky • The Way Fire Burns

Daja's Book by  Tamora Pierce Series: Circle of Magic #3 Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: June 24, 2006 Source/Format: Owned || Paperback Outcast Trader Daja, along with her fellow mages-in-training, journeys from Winding Circle to the Gold Ridge Mountains, where drought threatens widespread f…

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Thursdays with Macky • Struck by Lightning

Tris' Book  by Tamora Pierce Series: Circle of Magic #2 Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: June 24, 2006 Source/Format: Owned || Paperback Earthquake damage leaves Winding Circle vulnerable to pirate attack, so everyone--including the young mages-in-training Tris, Briar, Daja, and Sandry--is wor…

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Thursdays with Macky • A Thread of Magic

Sandry's Book  by Tamora Pierce Series: Circle of Magic #1 Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: June 24, 20016 Source/Format: Owned || Paperback With her gift of weaving silk thread and creating light, Sandry is brought to the Winding Circle community. There she meets Briar, a former thief who ha…

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Thursdays with Macky • The Life of a Necromancer

Lirael  by Garth Nix Series:  Abhorsen #2 Previous Book: Sabriel Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books Publication Date: April 21, 2001 Source/Format: Owned || Paperback Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight t…

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Thursdays with Macky • Can You Hear the Bells?

Sabriel by Garth Nix Series: Abhorsen #1 Publisher: Harper Collins Publication Date: September 30, 1996 Source/Format: Bought || Paperback Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the power of Free Magic, and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now h…

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Thursdays with Macky • A Little Something More

Sophie & Carter by Chelsea Fine Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: July 25, 2011 Source/Format: Bought || e-book Next-door neighbors Sophie Hartman and Carter Jax grow up witnessing the shameful secrets of each of their families and, amidst the heartache, form an unspoken bond of friendshi…

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