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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthur's Camelot. The 'Yankee' vows brashly to "boss the whole country inside of three weeks" and embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot...
2) King Arthur
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment :
Pub. Date
c2004:
Language
English
Description
Arthur must complete one final mission before the knights can earn their freedom from servitude and Arthur can return to Rome. As the Roman Empire falls, Arthur, under the guidance of Merlin and with Guenevere by his side, fights alongside his loyal Roundtable Knights for the freedom of the British people.
5) Topsy-Turvy
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Tensions abound and the music swells in the story about the famous musical team of Gilbert and Sullivan. The two men who were extremely different in size and stature were even more different in temperament and style. Yet, they still managed to create memorable theater. This is the story of the making of one of their most famous collaborations, The Mikado.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A graphic-novel retelling of the Arthur legend, in which, in a world of wizards, giants, and dragons, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are the only defense against the forces of evil that threaten the kingdom of Camelot.
9) The Crucible
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011, c1996
Language
English
Description
A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
10) Excalibur
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
The young King Arthur asks for and receives the noble sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake and promises to be deserving of it through acts of valor.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Television adaptation of Arthur Miller's play, set in a detention room in Vichy in 1942, where a number of Jews await interrogation before being sent to concentration camps. Issues of personal responsibility are explored through the character of an Austrian prince who has been guilty of silent complicity during the German occupation of France.
17) Facing Arthur
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A story of friendship between 100 year old Holocaust refugee Arthur Lederman and 20-year-old German cellist Christoph Erbsloeh.
20) Young Guinevere
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the legend of Guinevere from her girlhood to her betrothal to King Arthur.
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