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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0439263271
ISBN-13: 9780439263276
Sep 2002
Publisher: Arthur a Levine
342 pages
Grade:
From 7 to 9
Reprint
Arthur Trilogy, 1
Edition: 1
Language: English |
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Synopsis
In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to have many parallels to his own., In the year 1199, a young boy named Arthur de Caldicot dreams of the day he will be old enough to begin his knighthood training. When his father's friend, Merlin, gives him a piece of obsidian, the young Arthur finds that his life has become magically intertwined with the life of his namesake--the legendary King Arthur. This is the first book in an anticipated trilogy. Named a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category for the 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
| Details | | Series: | Arthur Trilogy, 1 |
| Size | | Length: | 342 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"You don't have to know the ins and outs of Arthurian legends to enjoy this, but the short chapters weave a growing-up story into legend and social history as well (arranged marriages, class conflicts, Christianity and Islam). As Arthurian material has always done, Kevin Crossley-Holland weaves in the concerns of the storyteller's age as well."
Chicago Tribune Books - Mary Harris Russell (12/02/2001)
"[A] richly imagined new version of the story of King Arthur...."
New York Times Book Review (01/20/2002)
"[T]he book's real strength lies in its portrait of the twelfth-century knight wannabe and the world that surrounds him, and many readers will be intrigued by this offbeat exploration of the medieval world."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Janice M. Del Negro (02/01/2002)
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