Shatterglass

Tamora Pierce. Scholastic Press, $16.95 (368pp) ISBN 978-0-590-39683-7

Tamora Pierce closes her The Circle Opens quartet of fantasy novels with Shatterglass. Tris, the weather mage introduced in the previous series, Circle of Magic, now travels to Tharios, where a glassmaker's magic may help him identify a serial killer-if Tris can teach him how to use his power.

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