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Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
THE SEEING STONE
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001.
IL 5-8, RL 5.9
ISBN 0439263263
This is the tale of Arthur.  He is 13 years old and has been given a seeing stone which allows him to see another Arthur.  The narrator is like a parallel Arthur.  Merlin tells him that once, there was a king with your name... and he will be.  But through him, we live the adventures of Arthur and Merlin as boys.  Arthur studies to be a page but his actions often lead him into trouble.  If you want to know the story of King Arthur and get a glimpse of what life may have been like in the middle ages, this is the book for you.  Af the first book in a trilogy, The Seeing Stone begins the story of Arthur.
SUBJECTS:     Arthur, King -- Fiction.
                        Identity -- Fiction.
                        Magic -- Fiction.
                        Middle Ages -- Fiction.
                        Great Britain -- History -- Richard I, 1189-1199 -- Fiction.
                        Great Britain -- History -- John, 1199-1216 -- Fiction.
                        Historical fiction.

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