The Circle Opens · Book 1

Magic Steps

Published
1 January 2000
Pages
224
ISBN-13
9780439968188
Type
novel
Cover of Magic Steps

About this book

Magic Steps is the novel that opens Tamora Pierce's Circle Opens series, published in 2000. It's followed here by Street Magic. It's the natural place to begin the series, which ran to completion between 2000 and 2003 across 4 books. It's a direct sequel to the Circle of Magic quartet, tracked separately in this catalogue, and assumes the same four characters and their established magical bond.

Key facts about Magic Steps

Tamora Pierce wrote Magic Steps, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2000. The book has 224 pages.

We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780439968188 to find the main one.

Magic Steps is book 1 of 4 in The Circle Opens series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.

Additionally, Tamora Pierce writes Song of the Lioness, The Immortals and Circle of Magic, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our fantasy shelf. Meanwhile, Tempests and Slaughter is the latest published Tamora Pierce book on file, from 2018.

About Tamora Pierce

Tamora Pierce is an American fantasy author widely credited with helping establish the modern template for YA fantasy built around capable, unapologetically ambitious female protagonists, beginning with Alanna: The First Adventure in 1983. See every Tamora Pierce book in order.

Its place in The Circle Opens

Magic Steps is book 1 in the The Circle Opens series. It is followed by Street Magic. See the full The Circle Opens reading order.

The Circle Opens picks up a few years after Circle of Magic, sending Sandry, Tris, Daja, and Briar out from Winding Circle to take on their own students and travels, one book per character in a rotating structure similar to the first quartet's but now centered on each of the four as a young teacher rather than a student. Each volume follows one of the four -- Sandry's diplomatic troubleshooting in a city gripped by mob violence, Briar's discovery of a street-magic student whose gift connects to a criminal…

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