The Seeing Stone
Book 1 of Arthur Trilogy
Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Words:
77145
Flesch:
99.86
DDC:
FIC
FAST Tags:
Magic,
Great Britain,
England,
Identity (Philosophical concept),
Social conditions,
Arthur; King,
Middle Ages,
Children's literature
LCC:
PZ3.C8835
Book Details
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Description:
Medieval life meets Arthurian magic in a novel that transcends boundaries of time and age, appealing to children of 9+ and older readers alike. The winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Smarties Prize bronze award in 2001, this timeless novel is stunningly reissued for a new generation.
The year is 1199, the place the Welsh Marches. Young Arthur de Caldicot is given a magical shining stone in which his legendary namesake is revealed. In 100 short chapters that brilliantly evoke life in a medieval manor, stories of the boy King Arthur begin to echo - and anticipate - the secrets and mysteries that emerge in his own life . . .
"As bright and as vivid as the pictures in a Book of Hours. Deep scholarship, high imagination, and great gifts of storytelling have gone into this; I was spellbound." - Philip Pullman, The Guardian