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A girl and her two brothers are transported back to the time of King Arthur, where they must return three magic talismans to their rightful owners or remain trapped forever in the distant past The adventure begins when Sara Lowry wins a picnic basket at the Firemen's Strawberry Festival. She and her brothers, Greg and Eric, are staying with their uncle at his Hudson Valley estate while their parents are in Japan. Fascinated by the haunting history of the old manor, they pack a picnic lunch show more and begin their search for the legendary lost lake. They discover a medieval castle--and suddenly they're enveloped by a gray mist that transports them back to the time of King Arthur! There, they are given an urgent mission to recover three lost talismans: Arthur's sword, Excalibur; Merlin's ring; and the horn of Huon, Warden of the West. Can Sara, Greg, and Eric fulfill their quest and save Avalon--the only place that stands between the Powers of Darkness and the mortal realm--and return to their own time? Steel Magic is the 1st book in the Magic Sequence, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. show lessTags
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This book has a familiar feel to it like it was one I read and enjoyed when very much younger, it tells the tale of three siblings, a girl and two boys, who do battle with their own fears and the magic of another world to save that world and to keep evil at bay in this. It has echoes of cold war running through it and a fewar of a total war to end all wars.
One to be sourced to enjoy over and over, it was lucky it made it back to the shelf.
One to be sourced to enjoy over and over, it was lucky it made it back to the shelf.
Perennial favorite. The kids liked it when they were young and I still enjoy it myself.
A favorite of mine as a kid. Also published as Steel Magic.
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Born Alice Mary Norton on February 17, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio, she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton in 1934. She attended the Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve) for a year then took evening courses in journalism and writing that were offered by Cleveland College, the adult division of show more the same university. Norton was a librarian for the Cleveland Library System then a reader at Gnome Press. After that position, she became a full-time writer. She is most noted for writing fantasy, in particular the Witch World series. Her first book The Prince of Commands was published in 1934. Other titles include Ralestone Luck, Magic in Ithkar, Voorloper, Uncharted Stars, The Gifts of Asti and All Cats are Gray. She also wrote under the pen names Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston She was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy and the Nebula Grand Master Award. She has also received a Phoenix Award for overall writing achievement, a Jules Verne Award, and a Science Fiction Book Club Book of the Year Award for her title The Elvenbane. In 1997 she was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. She died on March 17, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Young Australia Thematic Library (level 26)
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- Original title
- Steel Magic
- Alternate titles
- Gray Magic
- Original publication date
- 1965-08
- Disambiguation notice
- Gray Magic (Original title: Steel Magic)
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- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Fantasy, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PZ8 .N816 .S — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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