Arthurian Legend Retold
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Avalon High Having moved to Annapolis, Maryland, with her medievalist parents, high school junior Ellie enrolls at Avalon High School where several students may or may not be reincarnations of King Arthur and his court. Also check out the Graphic Novel! awards: Kentucky: Bluegrass Award Nominees: 2007, Texas: Lone Star Reading List: 2008 subjects: King Arthur, Reincarnation, Identity, Secrets, High Schools |
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Black Horses for the King Galwyn, son of a Roman Celt, escapes from his tyrannical uncle and joins Lord Artos, later know as King Arthur, using his talent with languages and way with horses to help secure and care for the Libyan horses that Artos hopes to use in battle against the Saxons. subjects: King Arthur, Great Britain-History To 1066, Horses |
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The Book of Mordred As the peaceful King Arthur reigns, the five-year-old daughter of Lady Alayna, newly widowed of the village-wizard Toland, is abducted by knights who leave their barn burning and their only servant dead. subjects: King Arthur, Mothers and Daughters, Mordred (Legendary Character), Knights and Knighthood, Wizards, Great Britain-History-To 1066 |
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Child of the Dark Prophecy In accordance with prophecy, Avalon’s existence is threatened in the year that stars stop shining and at the time when both the dark child and Merlin’s heir are to be revealed. Long ago, the great wizard Merlin planted the seed that would become the peaceful world of Avalon. Now, though, Avalon is suffering from mysterious droughts. Then the very stars begin to lose their light, and it seems that the Lady of the Lake’s dire predictions are about to come true. The fate of Avalon now rests with Tamwyn, a wandering wilderness guide; Elli, an apprentice priestess; and Scree, a young eagleman. One of them is the true heir of Merlin, the only person who can save Avalon....and one of them is the dreaded child of the Dark Prophecy, fated to destroy it. Sequel: Shadows on the Stars, The Eternal Flame. subjects: Magic, Avalon (Legendary Place), Fantasy |
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Corbenic In this modern day version of Perceval and the Holy Grail, a guilt-ridden British teenager leaves his mentally ill mother to live with his wealthy uncle and begins a journey of self-knowledge and redemption after being briefly transported to the Waste Land of Arthurian times. subjects: Mothers and Sons, Grail, Identity (Philosophical Identity), Space and Time, Coming of Age, England |
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Damosel : in which the lady of the Lake renders a frank and often startling account of her wondrous life and times Damosel, a rule-bound Lady of the Lake, and Twixt, a seventeen-year-old dwarf, relate their experiences as they strive to help King Arthur face Morgause, Morgan, and Mordred, one through her magic and the other through his humble loyalty. subjects: Lady of the Lake (Legend), Dwarfs, Fools and Jesters, King Arthur, Magic, Knights and Knighthood, Great Britain |
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The Dragon's Boy Young Arthur meets a dragon and comes to accept him as a friend and mentor. subjects: King Arthur, Merlin (Legendary Character) |
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp Through a series of dangerous and violent misadventures, teenage loser Alfred Kropp rescues King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur from the forces of evil. Sequels: The Seal of Solomon, The Thirteenth Skull. awards: TexasLone Star Reading List 2007, Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Books 2005, subjects: King Arthur, Adventures and Adventurers, Orphans |
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Here Lies Arthur When her village is attacked and burned, Gwyna seeks protection from the bard Myrddin, who uses Gwyna in his plan to transform young Arthur into the heroic King Arthur.. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2009, ALA Notable Children's Books 2009, USSBY-CBC Outstanding International Books 2009, Booklist Editor's Choice 2008, Carnegie Meda 2008, SLJ Best Books for Children 2008 subjects: King Arthur, Bards and Bardism, Magic, Great Britain-History-Anglo Saxon Period 449-1066 |
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The Last Grail Keeper After an archaeological dig at Glastonbury Tor in England uncovers the Holy Grail, Felicity and her mother, a professor of Arthurian literature, find that their destinies are linked across time with the Grail and the legendary King Arthur. subjects: Grail-Fiction, King Arthur, Magic, Space and Time, Archaeology, Glastonbury Tor (England), England |
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The Lost Years of Merlin A young boy who has no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of fantastic adventures. Sequel: The Seven Songs of Merlin, The Fires of Merlin, The Mirror of Merlin, The Wings of Merlin. awards: ALA Popular Paperbacks 2003 subjects: Merlin (Legendary Character), Wizards, Fantasy |
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I am Mordred: A Tale From Camelot When Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines that he kill the good and gracious king. awards: Carolyn W. Field Award: 1999 subjects: Mordred (Legendary Character), Arthur-King, Fathers and Sons, Knights and Knighthood, England |
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I Am Morgan le Fay: A Tale From Camelot In a war-torn England where her half-brother Arthur will eventually become king, the young Morgan le Fay comes to realize that she has magic powers and links to the faerie world. awards: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award: 2003 subjects: Morgan le Fay (Legendary Character), Magic, Fairies, Knights and Knighthood, England, Arthur-King |
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Mists of Avalon Here is the magical legend of King Arthur, vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women who wielded power from behind the throne. A spellbinding novel, an extraordinary literary achievement, The Mists of Avalon will stay with you for a long time to come. subjects: King Arthur, Avalon (Legendary Place) Kings and Rulers, Arthurian Romance, Britons |
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Parsifal's Page In medieval England, eleven-year-old Piers’ dream comes true when he becomes page to Parsifal, a peasant whose quest for knighthood reveals important secrets about both of their families. awards: Capitol Choices List 2001, MarkTwain Award Nominees 2004, Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Award Nominees 2004, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2003 subjects: Perceval (Legendary Character), Knights and Knighthood, Pages-Medieval, King Arthur, Middle Ages, England |
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The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf Lynet, a feisty young woman, journeys to King Arthur's court in order to find a champion to rescue her beautiful older sister, and she is joined in her quest by a clever dwarf and a bold kitchen knave, neither of whom are not what they seem. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2001, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2002 subjects: Gareth (Legendary Character), Knights and Knighthood, Magic, England |
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The Seeing Stone 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. Sequels: At the Crossing-Places, King of the Middle March. subjects: Arthur, Identity, Magic, Middle Ages-Fiction, Great Britain-History-Richard I 1189-1199, Great Britain-History-John 1189-1216 |
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Sword of the Rightful King Merlinnus the magician devises a way for King Arthur to prove himself the rightful king of England—pulling a sword from a stone—but trouble arises when someone else removes the sword first. awards: Capitol Choices List 2004, Thumbs Up Award Nominees 2004, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. subjects: King Arthur-Fiction, Knights and Knighthood, Middle Ages, Great Britain-History To 1066-Fiction |
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Why I Let My Hair Grow Out On a bike trip in Ireland trying to recover from a broken heart, sixteen-year-old Morgan is transformed, not only by the others on the tour, but by her visits to the past, where she is believed to be the legendary half-goddess Morganne, sent to help end a faery curse. Sequel: How I Found the Perfect Dress. subjects: Bicycle Touring, Interpersonal Relations, Time Travel, Fairies, Self-Esteem, Ireland |
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The Winter Prince Medraut, the bitter, illegitimate son of King Artos, is tempted into joining Morgause, the king’s treacherous sister, in a plot against Lleu, the legitimate Prince of Britain. Sequel: A Coalition of Lions. subjects: Mordred (Legendary Character), King Arthur, Brothers |
List updated March 2009—Patti Cook
