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A review by ricksilva
Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne
4.0
Really good installment of the Magic Treehouse series.
Jack and Annie are invited to spend Christmas in Camelot, and find the mythical kingdom under a spell of despair. Three of the kingdom's best knights have failed in their quest to restore joy to the kingdom, and now it's up to Jack and Annie to try to accomplish what the knights could not.
Mary Pope Osborne does a nice job of weaving elements of Arthurian mythology into the story while keeping it accessible to young readers. I smiled at the subtle grail-quest references.
The kids get into some pretty serious imperilment in this book. Sometimes in this series the kids seem like spectators while the action happens around them. Definitely not the case here, as they face some tough challenges.
This is part of the "Merlin Missions" set of the series, which incorporates more fantasy elements into the stories.
Jack and Annie are invited to spend Christmas in Camelot, and find the mythical kingdom under a spell of despair. Three of the kingdom's best knights have failed in their quest to restore joy to the kingdom, and now it's up to Jack and Annie to try to accomplish what the knights could not.
Mary Pope Osborne does a nice job of weaving elements of Arthurian mythology into the story while keeping it accessible to young readers. I smiled at the subtle grail-quest references.
The kids get into some pretty serious imperilment in this book. Sometimes in this series the kids seem like spectators while the action happens around them. Definitely not the case here, as they face some tough challenges.
This is part of the "Merlin Missions" set of the series, which incorporates more fantasy elements into the stories.