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The year is 1199, the place the Welsh Marches. Young Arthur de Caldicot practises his tilting and archery, learns to be a dutiful page to his father, and waits impatiently to grow up and become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives him a shining black stone. When Arthur starts to see stories in the stone, his life quickly becomes entwined with that of his namesake, the boy who pulls the sword from the stone.

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September 1, 2013
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orion (September 1, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0752844296
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0752844299
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 11 - 15 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 6 - 10
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 1.18 x 7.8 inches

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Kevin Crossley-Holland's Arthur trilogy was translated into 25 languages, and the first book, The Seeing Stone, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and has sold well over one million copies worldwide. He is a poet and historical novelist for children, also very well known for his retellings of myth and traditional tale, including Norse Myths and Norse Tales, and for his translation of Beowulf. He was the President of the School Library Association (2012-17) and is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, a Patron of the Society of Storytelling, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His memoir of childhood, The Hidden Roads, was published in 2009.

Bracelet of Bones, the first of his Viking Sagas, was published in 2011 and the second, Scramasax, in 2012. His new collection of poems, Gravity for Beginners, will be published early in 2021.

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I thought I had purchased a used book. The cries of joy from my wife told me that it's new. She tells me the book is 20 years old but the sound of the spine and pages is nice and crisp.

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Charmaine Wratt

Excellent read. Well-written but believably by a young teenager

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Excellent read. Well-written but believably by a young teenager. Interesting combination of history and legend. Interesting, appropriate and enlightening vocabulary. Short chapters make this a great book for bed-time reading. It's part of a trilogy - read them all!

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A great book in condition as advertised!

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An excellent book. And it was in great condition. I highly recomend this book if you love the stories of King Arthur.

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The Seeing Stone is the story of a boy named Arthur de Caldicot growing up with his family and having a private life in his obsidian that he got from his father's friend and his guide, Merlin. It takes place in 1199 between the borders of Wales and England. Arthur is 13 and is ready to grow up and become a knight. He has many friends around where he lives, including Gatty, the village girl; Slim, the cook; Ruth, the kitchen girl; Tanwen, the chamber-servant; Oliver, the priest; and Merlin, Arthur's father's friend. Arthur receives his obsidian from Merlin. If he is to show it to anyone else, its power will be lost. This black, shimmering stone shows Arthur stories of him in a different life, a life that he becomes king and overcomes many obstacles. It shows him glimpses of what might happen in his future, incidents happening in the present, and events that have already passed. This story tells of the feelings and happenings of an early teen in the Middle Ages. Siblings fought over what the other has, and they had feelings of happiness, pain, hurt, and love. It tells of Arthur's great adventures in his seeing stone. As time goes on, Arthur realizes that the Arthur-in-the-stone is not the same as himself. They look the same, but they have different personalities. The adventure in Arthur's seeing stone start happening in his life, but somewhat changed. Arthur runs into problems in his life: his infant brother Luke passes away, he believes he is growing a tail, and his uncle injures him in a jousting match. All these things tie together into his life in the seeing stone. Everything falls into place at the end of the story.

All in all, this was a good book. The beginning was confusing and hard to follow because the chapters jumped from event to event without any explanation. It was almost like a journal of Arthur's life; he was explaining what was happening from day to day in each chapter. None of it made sense at first, but as I read on, everything began to become clear. Incidents from the start of the book connected with happenings from the middle and soon everything connected in the end. The ending was very well written, and it weaved together loose ends from all over the book. The ending was the best part, and really tied me in. This book would have been very disappointing had it not been for the wonderful end.

The author was very descriptive in his writing. I could visualize England and Wales in my head. I could hear the way people talked, and the excitement of jousting tournaments. Kevin Crossley-Holland did a great job portraying a way of life that has since passed us. He has many accomplishments, and is known for his poetry and novels. Here in the Midwest, he has spent time teaching at universities such as St. Olaf and St.Thomas. Kevin Crossly also taught for a while at the University of Minnesota. I would recommend this book to younger audiences, but it is an entertaining read to anyone who loves a great ending to an even more enjoyable story.

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Gary Selikow

A pleasant and enthralling read with something of a Tales of Canterbury feel

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A captivating and imaginative story that weaves the life of a 13 year old boy in England, near the Welsh border in 1199 and 1200. Arthur of Caldicot, son of Sir John and brother of Serle and Sian,longs to be a squire and is given an obsidian stone by the mysterious friend of his father Merlin. In this stone, he sees the narrative unfold of the legendary young King Arthur, of centuries before. His life so parallels the young Arthur in may ways that we wonder what this Arthur's future will be.
While the legendary story of Arthur and the sword in the stone is told in a brief elementary fashion, the story of Arthur of Caldicot is endearing and gripping.

We learn of life in 12th century England, where the rich rob the poor, the strong trample the weak and widows and orphans are defenseless- a situation so different from wghen Britian was ruled by the great King Arthur, and a siutation which cries out for a hero.
Filled was the irrepressible reeve's daughter Gatty and the chamber-maid Tanwen, the mysterious Lady Alice (with a dark secret)and the priest Oliver.
Certainly the two parallel worlds are tied together well in 100 short chapters, certainly it is a page turner and certainly we look forward to reading the sequels
Has something of a a Tales of Canterbury feel.

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An interesting start

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That the author knows his subject matter and the 12 century well is obvious. This first book is a platform for a larger story. I look forward to part 2

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