Circle Of Three

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**Title** **Circle of Three**
So Mote It Be, book 1 of the series
Author	Isobel Bird
Cover artist	Cliff Nielsen
Country	USA
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fiction, Young Adult, Wicca
Publisher	Avon Books HarperCollins
Released	February 5, 2001
Media type	Mass Market Paperback, eBook

Circle Of Three is a series of young adult paperback novels by Isobel Bird, a pseudonymous New England Wiccan.

The series follows the lives of three teenage girls from different social cliques, who come together over a mutual interest in Witchcraft. Kate Morgan, a preppy, popular basketball player, accidentally checks out a book of spells while doing research for her history paper on medieval witch trials. She casts a love spell, which leads to disaster. She seeks the help of two girls who had previously checked out the spellbook, Annie Crandall, a nerd, and Cooper Rivers, a riot grrrl. After putting things to rights, the three decide to continue studying Wicca together, which they do at a local New Age store called Crones' Circle. Each of them face various conflicts on her path, both external and internal. Kate is torn between fitting in and embracing the Wiccan path; Annie tries to reconcile her scientific, rational thinking with her new-found intuitive, emotional faith, as well as coming to terms with her parents' deaths years before; the headstrong and independent Cooper has trouble adjusting to both the unpredictability of magic and the novelty of intense friendship.

The series takes place over a period of roughly one year and two months, during which Kate, Annie, and Cooper undergo the traditional year-and-a-day of Wiccan study before being initiated into a coven.

Isobel Bird wrote the series to do what many non-fiction books about Wicca fail to do: show how Wiccans experience their religion.[1] Thus, the books cover a wide range of topics related to Wiccan life beyond outright practice, including conflicts with mainstream society, the diversity of the Neo-Pagan community, and legal rights.

It was initially set to be only thirteen books, but it proved very popular, so it was continued.

Originally released in mass market paperback, the series is currently out of print, though the books are still available used and as eBooks. The eBooks feature bonus material, such as interviews with Isobel Bird, crafts, and magical exercises. Chapter excerpts are available on the HarperCollins website.[2]

The first nine books are available in Germany and France, where the series is known as Magic Circle. It is published in German by Schneiderbuch.[3] The first four books have been published in Castilian Spanish under the series name El Círculo de Fuego, by Editorial Diagonal (Grup 62).[4] The first six books have been published in Italian as Il Cerchio delle Streghe by Gruppo Editorale Armenia. [5]

[edit] Books

The first four books are told from the point of view of only one girl each. Kate is the center of So Mote It Be and Merry Meet; Cooper is the center of Second Sight; Annie is the center of What the Cards Said. Starting with In the Dreaming, the point of view switches among the three girls, alternating chapters, for the rest of the series.