Circle of Three #9: Through the Veil

by Isobel Bird

As Annie, Kate, and Cooper prepare for Samhain, or Halloween, they are filled with anticipation. It is a time when the veil between the worlds is thin, and those who have passed into the spirit world... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006447299X
• ISBN13: 9780064472999
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Harperteen
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

This series is great.

This series teaches a lot about growing up and about Wicca. This book provies a lot of information on holloween and the religion that Kate, Annie, and Cooper practice.

Cooper, Kate & Annie part the veil & change their lives

With another great turning of the Wheel of the Year, Cooper, Kate and Annie continue to grow and change like the year itself. Cooper makes an important decision regarding the direction her music is taking her and new connections are made. She also is forced to deal with the unhappiness and uncertainty of her parents separation.Kate continues to deal with the fallout from telling her parents she's studying Wicca. This story finds her under virtual house arrest with no privacy, her belongings are searched, magical tools get taken away, emails and phone calls are monitored and she's unable to attend Wicca class, see or talk to her Wiccan boyfriend Tyler, or see her friends outside of school. On top of all of that, she's forced to see a psychiatrist too...could things get any worse?! Thankfully, the mood is about to change.But the focus of the story is on Annie. The wheel has now turned to the season of Samhain, the Witches New Year, when the veil separating the realm of the living and the realm of the dead is very thin. Annie is frightened and haunted by recurring dreams of her parents and the fire she accidentally started. She begins to hear their voices calling to her. She realizes that she must begin to deal with the guilt she's been harboring all these years concerning her parents untimely death. She starts by asking her aunt for a birthday gift to help her on her way to healing.Bird continues to enchant with three down-to-earth teen characters, practicing the Craft of Wicca, much like it is practiced today. The story has a somewhat syrupy ending, but it does remind those who practice Wicca, of some of the emotional, profound or life-changing experiences that they themselves may have experienced on the Wiccan path.Bird has really developed these characters well and this book brings readers closer to them than ever. All of this and a wonderful, beautifully constructed Samhain ritual too. Fans will enjoy this latest installment in the series. Others interested in the magical adventure that life can be are strongly encouraged to read the wonderful books in the Circle of Three Series.

Through The Vail

It was an accident that happened 10 years ago. Even though they are gone, Annie has never forgotten her parents. But as they approach Samhain, the day when the veil between the living and the dead is the thinnist, Annie wants to bring them back. But do they want to come back?

Another Jem!

Every time I read one of these I like it more and more! Read them all and learn a thing or two! Brightest Blessings!

A Nice edition to the series

In the Circle of THree series the three girls have worked together to solve problems that they have faced. But in above the veil the problems they face, will have to be faced alone. Annie, drawing closer to her 16th birthday finds her thoughs to be lingering on her dead parents. She misses them so terribly and wants to talk to them so much just once more. Kate is trying to convince her parents to let her continue taking wicca classes but everything she dose never seems to help. Everythign around Cooper that once seemed stable is falling apart. Including her band. And her parents have a surprise for her that she will not enjoy.Though this book wasn't as good as the last two (THe Five Paths and Blue Moon)it still was a nice read. It's good to hear about the girls problems but I really wish they'd get back to a more magickal theme. THe next one, Making the Saint, looks good. I hope you enjoy it!