- Magic, Fiction, Fantasy, Juvenile fiction
Briar, a young mage-in-training, and his teacher Rosethorn must use their magic to fight a deadly plague that is ravaging Summersea.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Tamora Pierce
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 258
- Publisher
- Scholastic Point, Demco Media, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780590554114
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First sentence
“Briar Moss knew he was only dreaming, but he didn't care.”
About Tamora Pierce · 1954
This author's name is Tamora Pierce, the second vowel is an O not an A.
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