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The Circle
Series · 4 books · 2003-2005

Books in series

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#1

Gift

2003

A strange hill. A hidden room. A book of spells. A gorgeous guy she cannot trust. When Jess travels to Glastonbury, she learns the secret her mother has been desperate to keep. But it doesn't end there. Someone is using dark magic to kill her grandmother. It is time for Jess to accept the power of the Gift...
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#2

Dreamer

2003

The bonds of friendship. The possibilities of magic. The power of intuition. First the missing assignment, then the broken angel, and now the accident. Bad luck comes in threes, but Tara never suspected the third thing would be as horrendous as this ... When Troy Daniels, the guy Tara likes from school, is critically injured in a car crash, Tara needs help from her friends in the Circle. While Troy struggles for life, the girls draw on all their magic to try to turn the bad luck around. But when Tara's dreams start to become more real than waking life, she is forced to undertake a dangerous quest in the eerie realm of Gamova. Who is the imprisoned prince? How are Tara's dreams connected to Troy Daniels? And why is she too afraid to share them with the Circle? One thing becomes clear - to save the prince, Tara needs to understand a lot more about Troy's mysterious life ...
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#3

Princess

2004

Ella sees herself as ugly and overweight, because that is what her shallow step-sisters tell her she is. She spends more and more time in front of the sinister mirror her step-mother gave her, its dard image giving her a distorted image of herself. Cruel teasing by a young guy triggers Ella into episodes of overeating and bulimia, adn she becomes dangerously thin. Can Ella's friends in the Circle find a way to help? Or has Ella become so obsessed with her mirror world that she can no loner distinguish her true self from a false refelction? PRINCESS is a multi-layered retelling of the classic Cinderella tale of transformation, exploring issues of adolescent self-image, the beauty myth and the power of friendship.
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#4

Greenheart

2005

Cool, controlled Devi Greenheart's world is turned upside down when she discovers plans to destroy her beloved grove. Somehow, her boyfriend's power-mongering father is behind it all and, as she and the Circle desperately fight to save their sacred place, Devi becomes entangled in a dangerous web of intrigue and lies. Will she be strong enough to face the truth? Who is the enchanting boy Devi encounters in the forest and can he help her through the terrifying nightmare that sends her running for her life?

Author

Melaina Faranda
Melaina Faranda
Author · 6 books

Years ago, Melaina Faranda washed up on Thursday Island penniless and soaking, with a single change of clothes, only to be loaned an entire new wardrobe and given three jobs on the first day, including working at the local bakery. Someone gave her a house to live in, people took her out fishing and told stories, and a wonderful old islander gave her the same precious gift Edie receives before returning to Cairns. Melaina has since traveled across Australia and around the world, with many elements of these journeys finding their way into her novels, including The Circle series and Big Sky, but she has yet to discover a place where there is more generosity and open-heartedness than that shown by the Thursday Islanders.

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