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The crystal cave

1983
Follows Merlin, the magician, from his childhood in the court of the King of Wales until Arthur's birth.

The high kings

1983
A collection of Celtic legends. Includes notes about historical and cultural background.

Plays from fairy tales

grades K-3
1997
Presents twelve original plays that are adaptations of fairy tales from around the world.

The book of Brendan

1990
When the evil magician Myrddin appears, determined to subdue the monks of Holybury Abbey and the surrounding villages, Father Brendan and his young friends must rely on magical beasts and the help of Arthur, Guinevere, and Merlin, summoned from their sleep on the Isles of Truth.

New tales for old

folktales as literary fictions for young adults
1999
Studies the nature of folktales, their place in contemporary North American culture, and the characteristics that make them appealing to adolescent readers, and profiles nine popular folktales.

Identity theft

2005
What is the mysterious organization known as ATAC (American Teenagers Against Crime)? And how are detective brothers Frank, Joe, and Fenton Hardy involved? Uncover the clues to these questions as the Hardy brothers take to the skies to crack a diamond-smuggling team of sky-divers and then encounter a young woman whose identity has been stolen (or at least that's what a young woman claiming to be Joy Gallagher claims).

Mirror, mirror

2004
Presents a retelling of the Snow White fairy tale, set in early sixteenth-century Italy, in which the life of innocent, young Bianca de Nevada is disrupted when her beloved father is sent on an errand by Cesare Borgia, leaving her in the care of Borgia's sister Lucrezia, a decadent woman who orders the child killed.

Bram Stoker

Dracula, Lair of the white worm and five more tales of wonder and terror!
2007
This book is completely revised, with an all-new comics adaptation of DRACULA. Returning from the first edition are "The Judge's House," "Torture Tower," and "The Lair of the White Worm.".

The Saxon shore

Camulod chronicles [4]
2003
The fourth installment in Whyte's retelling of the Arthurian legend follows the efforts of Caius Merlyn Britannicus as he attempts to prepare the young Arthur for his role as king and continues to keep the colony of Camulod healthy and thriving. Merlyn also notices that new people, Angles and Saxons, are beginning to colonize Britain and he worries about the future of the Roman-Britons.

Guinevere evermore

1998
Guinevere's affair with Lancelot is discovered, and the Queen of Camelot faces disgrace, outrage, and scandal.

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