The Seeing Stone (The Arthur Trilogy #1) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Seeing Stone (The Arthur Trilogy #1) write by Kevin Crossley-Holland. This book was released on 2010-01-01. The Seeing Stone (The Arthur Trilogy #1) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Arthurian legend comes to life in the first novel in this remarkable, award-winning sagaThirteen-year-old Arthur de Caldicot lives on a manor, desperately waiting for the moment he can become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives him a shining black stone - a seeing stone - that shows him visions of his namesake, King Arthur. The legendary dragons, battles, and swordplay that young Arthur witnesses seem a world away from his own life. And yet there is something definitely joining the Arthurs together. It will be Arthur de Caldicot's destiny to discover how his path is intertwined with a king's . . . for the past is not the only thing the seeing stone can see.
The Seeing Stone
The Seeing Stone - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Seeing Stone write by Kevin Crossley-Holland. This book was released on 2013-06-20. The Seeing Stone available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
The Seeing Stone
The Seeing Stone - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Seeing Stone write by Tony DiTerlizzi. This book was released on 2023-02-21. The Seeing Stone available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Grace kids are just beginning to get used to Aunt Lucinda's strange old mansion when Simon suddenly disappears. Jared and his sister have to rely on the help of a mischievous house boggart, a nasty bridge troll, and a loud-mouthed hobgoblin to get him back. Illustrations.
At the Crossing Places
At the Crossing Places - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook At the Crossing Places write by Kevin Crossley-Holland. This book was released on 2013-06-20. At the Crossing Places available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Arthur de Caldicot arrives at Holt to be squire to Lord Stephen and accompany him on crusade. It is an exciting and bewildering time for him as he finds a warhorse, is fitted with armour, and improves his fighting skills. He dreads a confrontation with his blood-father, the violent Sir William, and dreams of finding his true mother; he discovers girls ¿ including the vivacious Winnie de Verdon whom he rescues from burning to death; he has to deal with the aftermath of a murder; he sees the sea for the first time, sails to France and finally takes the Cross. And meanwhile these events are reflected in his seeing stone, in stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Packed with incident, wonderful characters, and fascinating historical detail, and interwoven with brilliant retellings of Arthurian legends, this is a glorious follow-up to THE SEEING STONE.
The Ironwood Tree
The Ironwood Tree - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ironwood Tree write by Tony DiTerlizzi. This book was released on 2013-05-07. The Ironwood Tree available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First a pack of vile, smelly goblins snatch Simon. Then a band of elves try to entrap Jared. Why is the entire faerie world so eager to get their hands on Spiderwick's Guide? And will the Grace kids be left alone, now that the Guide has mysteriously disappeared? Don't count on it. At school, someone is running around pretending to be Jared, and it's not Simon. To make matters even worse, now Mallory has disappeared and something foul in the water is killing off all the plants and animals for miles around. Clues point to the old abandoned quarry, just outside of town. Dwarves have taken over an abandoned mine there. And the faerie world's abuzz with the news that a creature with plans to rule the world has offered them a gift to join with him -- he's given them a queen...
