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King Arthur storiees and novels for ten plus?

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Katiepoes · 16/04/2020 10:48

Hello all, can anyone help me? My ten yearold daughter has been watching Merlin and is fascinated with the legends, I remember reading them around that age but would like some recommendations. She's a confident reader, does anyone have any suggestions? It can be novels or tales, help?

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Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 16/04/2020 11:17

The Dark is Rising sequence refers to the Arthurian legends.

Very different type of story but The Weathermonger by Peter Dickinson, too.

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Katiepoes · 16/04/2020 11:13

Excellent! I remember The Sword in the Stone and the Roger Lancelyn Green one now. I like the idea of different takes too. I'll go look at all these, this is marvellous thank you all!

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Corneysjazzband · 16/04/2020 11:09

Kevin Crossley Holland series. I think The Seeing Stone is the first. I remember reading this years ago and really enjoyed it. I have the series on my Waiting To Read It mental pile but it is a huge pile...

alterego2 · 16/04/2020 11:08

Kevin Crossley Holland wrote a great series that starts with The Seeing Stone. It's a slightly different take on the stories but I thought they were excellent.

IDefinitelyHaveFriends · 16/04/2020 10:59

The Sword in the Stone (volume one of TOAFK) is age appropriate and entertaining. If she likes it then she could go on to the others but they’re much more adult in tone (not swearing and sex, just the nature of the subject matter). Roger Lancelyn Green’s King Arthur book is good.

ElfDragon · 16/04/2020 10:54

The Mary Stewart books (The Crystal Cave series) are absolutely fabulous. I’ve not read them for a while, so I’m not entirely sure they’re suitable for a 10 year old, and I can’t remember when I first read them! Any unsuitability would be relationship based, rather than gore, if that makes a difference?

But just wonderful books, with lots of references to actual documents etc (but I love all Mary Stewart’s books!)

TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 16/04/2020 10:53

The Once And Future King by T. H. White. It's hefty but my 10 yo loved it.

TubereuseNordlys · 16/04/2020 10:51

You could try The School For Good and Evil - it's not King Arthur (although he pops up a lot, Guinevere and Lancelot more so) but his son. So not the traditional tales. Ultimately they are about the battle for Camelot.