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The Inquisitor's Mark

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Silver on the Tree

Susan Cooper · 288 pages

In the Welsh hills Will Stanton, youngest of the immortal Old Ones, joins forces with Merriman, Bran, and the mortal Drew children in a quest through space and time against the powers of evil known as the Dark.

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The Sword in the Stone

T.H. White · 288 pages

When Merlyn the magician comes to tutor Sir Ector's sons Kay and the Wart, schoolwork suddenly becomes much more fun. After all, who wouldn't enjoy being turned into a fish, or a badger, or a snake? But Merlyn has very particular plans for the Wart. This is the children's story of King Arthur's childhood which was the basis for the still popular Disney cartoon of the same title.

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The Rise of the Black Wolf

Derek Benz, J.S. Lewis · 309 pages

Aided by the Knights Templar, the four young Grey Griffins face a host of evil forces, including Morgan LaFey's Black Wolves, who kidnap Max's father while the quartet is spending what at first seemed a fairytale Christmas break at the Sumner's castle in Scotland.

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The Seven Songs of Merlin

T.A. Barron · 290 pages

Having stumbled upon his hidden powers, the young wizard Merlin voyages to the Otherworld in his quest to find himself and the way to the realm of the spirit.

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The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight

Gerald Morris · 310 pages

Determined to find the knight responsible for the terrible deaths of her mother and the Jewish peddler who had given them a home, thirteen-year-old Sarah is helped in her quest by a strange old woman, a magical sword, a young faery, and an unkempt knight with little armor and no horse.

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Knights of the Kitchen Table

Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 55 pages

Everyone’s favorite time-travelers are changing their style! The Time Warp Trio series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszka’s wacky brand of humor.

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The Indigo King

James A. Owen

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Arthur High King of Britain

Michael Morpurgo · 188 pages

A twelve-year-old boy comes across Arthur Pendragon, who has just awakened from his long sleep beneath the earth, and hears from him some of the exciting stories of his past.

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Dragon of the Red Dawn

Mary Pope Osborne · 108 pages

Merlin the magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! The brother-and-sister team quickly head off in the magic tree house on another magical and historical adventure.

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Christmas in Camelot Graphic Novel

Mary Pope Osborne; adapted by Jenny Laird; illustrated by Kelly Matthews and Nichole Matthews

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The Seeing Stone

Kevin Crossley-Holland · 340 pages

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.

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The Camelot Spell

Laura Anne Gilman

On the eve of the Quest for the Holy Grail, every adult in King Arthur's castle falls into an enchanted sleep. The future of Camelot rests on the shoulders of fourteen-year-old squire Gerard, who has dreamed of becoming a Knight of the Round Table his whole life. With the help of Newt, the stable boy, and Ailis, a young maidservant, he must face terrible dangers, including a monstrous bridge troll

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Hobby

Jane Yolen · 97 pages

Young Merlin is orphaned by a fire and joins a traveling pair of magicians who help him begin to discover his true powers.

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The Death Catchers

Jennifer Anne Kogler · 352 pages

Through a letter to her English teacher, fourteen-year-old Lizzy Mortimer of Crabapple, California, relates her discovery that she and her eccentric grandmother are kin to Morgan le Faye, charged with saving the last descendant of King Arthur from an untimely death that would endanger the world.

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The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

Howard Pyle · 312 pages

Classics. This title is suitable for children aged 10 to 13 years old. This imaginative retelling of the classic Arthurian legends recounts the story of Arthur's formation of the Knights of the Round Table, his securing of the enchanted sword Excalibur and his wooing of the Lady Guinevere. Included as well are the legends of Sir Pelleas, the story of Sir Gawaine's pursuit of the White Hart and tal

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The Game of Sunken Places

M.T. Anderson · 260 pages

When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure.

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Tears of a Dragon

Bryan Davis

Ashley and Billy, aided by the dragons, their friends, and a powerful, ancient book, each take courageous steps to rescue loved ones from Morgan Le Faye and her demonic Watchers.

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Max and the Gatekeeper

James Todd Cochrane · 276 pages

A war has been waging for centuries; a magical and technological battle between good and evil. This conflict will affect life everywhere, but not everyone is aware it exists. When twelve-year old Max Rigdon is sent to stay with his grandfather for the summer, he unwillingly enters the fight. The day Mac steps off the bus he is marked with an evil curse and immediately becomes the target of evil me

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Last Sword of Power

David Gemmell · 320 pages

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Monster Madness

Dean Lorey

Thirteen-year-old Charlie Benjamin and his fellow students at the Nightmare Academy try to stop the four Named Lords of the Nether from coming to Earth and summoning an even more deadly creature called the Fifth.

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Icefire

Chris d'Lacey · 421 pages

The second installment in a fantasy series. A man who becomes the tenant to a potter who makes dragons, but with a twist. Some of the dragons seem to have odd properties. follow him as he discovers the odd nature of this house and its occupants!

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Spirit Walker

Michelle Paver · 384 pages

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Curse of the Night Wolf

Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell · 224 pages

BARNABY GRIMES IS a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and "highstacking" around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this first adventure, Barnaby is attacked one night by an enormous dog and soon finds himself swept up in a world of crooked doctors, poor and ill-advised patients, strange tonics, and very expensive furs. . . .From the Hardcover edition.

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