Book Recommendation: Age 11+. Story Starters are an introduction to books available digitally through the library's e-resources for school age and teen readers. Check out Ms. Elaine reading the first chapter of one of her favorite books, which is available on Hoopla and Libby as an audiobook.

Digital audiobook copies of the book series are available through Hoopla Digital (Library cards are limited to 8 checkouts per month) and on a first come, first serve basis via the app Libby by Overdrive or via Overdrive your desktop browser.

"Sandry's Book" (Circle of Magic, Book 1) by Tamora Pierce 

Four elements of power, four mages-in-training learning to control them. In Book 1 of the Circle of Magic Quartet, gifted young weaver Sandry is brought to the Winding Circle community. There she meets Briar, a former thief with a way with plants; Daja, an outcase gifted at metalcraft; and Tris, whose connection with the weather unsettles everyone, including herself. The four misfits are taught how to use their magic, but when disaster strikes, it's up to Sandry to weave together four different kinds of power to save herself, her friends, and Winding Circle.