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Gr 6-9 In this sequel to The Seeing Stone (Scholastic, 2001), Crossley-Holland continues the story of 14-year-old Arthur in 1200. In the first book, Merlin gave him an obsidian stone; in it, the boy scries the life of his namesake, King Arthur. Now, he has left his foster family to live with Lord Stephen as his squire in training. He's just been told that his blood-father is his foster father's vile brother, and that his mother remains a mystery. He's determined to find her, as he trains to accompany Lord Stephen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Turn-of-the-thirteenth-century Arthur, who first observed the parallel adventures of his legendary predecessor in The Seeing Stone (the eponymous magical talisman given him by Merlin, who exists in both eras), is now fourteen, squire to the just and kindly Lord Stephen de Holt, and soon to join him on crusade. Meanwhile, the boy struggles with his recently discovered origins: he wishes the bad-tempered Sir William hadn't sired him; he can't marry Grace as planned, as she's his half-sister. Instead, he thinks of courting the volatile ten-year-old Winnie de Verdon (Guinevere?), though surely his heart would belong to longtime best friend Gatty if only she we...Log In or Sign Up to Read More