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Knights of the borrowed dark volume 1
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Sure, in storybooks orphans are rescued from drudgery when they discover they are a wizard or a warrior or a prophesied king. But this is real life, and Denizen Hardwick is just a kid without parents. Until on a particularly dark night the gates of Crosscaper Orphanage open to a car that almost growls with power. The car and the man in it retrieve Denizen with the promise of introducing him to a long-lost aunt. On the ride into the city they are attacked,...
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Knights' tales volume 4
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After receiving an ominous prophecy at his christening, Sir Balin lives his life alternately trying to fulfill it and trying to avoid it.
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Have sword will travel volume 1
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Odo is the seventh son of the village miller and he just wants to get away from work for awhile, Eleanor's mother was a soldier, and she yearns for adventure, but it is Odo who finds the magic talking sword named Biter, and thereby instantly becomes a knight--and together they set out on a quest (somewhat reluctantly on Odo's part) to save their kingdom from threats both human and dragon.
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Knights' tales volume 2
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While not the most intrepid knight of the Round Table, Sir Givret the Short helps King Arthur and the other knights with his cunning and cleverness.
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Knights' tales volume 3
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Relates the adventures of Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight in King Arthur's court, who eventually learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight.
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Dericott tale volume 3
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In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Elyce escapes unscrupulous King Conrad by taking a sleeping potion, and after Sir Gerard wakes her with a kiss they begin their journey to Prague in the dead of winter.
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Uncertain choice volume 1
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Due to her parents' promise at her birth, Lady Rosemarie has been prepared to become a nun on the day she turns eighteen. Then, shortly before her birthday, a friend of her father's enters the kingdom and proclaims her parents' will left a second choice -- if Rosemarie can marry before the eve of her eighteenth year, she will be exempt from the ancient vow. Before long, Rosemarie is presented with the three most handsome and brave knights in the land....
11) Blood red horse
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Granville trilogy volume 1
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A special horse named Hosanna changes the lives of two English brothers and those around them as they fight with King Richard I against Saladin's armies during the Third Crusades.
12) Knight fight
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Usborne very first reading volume 14
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The Gold Knight exhibits good sportsmanship when he unexpectedly loses at jousting. Fourteenth in a series of 15 rhyming stories developed to help children learn to read. Each book is designed for an adult and child to read together and introduces new letters or reading patterns and reinforces material from previous books. Includes puzzles to reinforce new skills, and guidance notes on reading with children.
15) Troll attack
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If the brave knights cannot defeat the evil wizard and his army of giant trolls, the castle will be lost!
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Princess Pulverizer volume 5
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Impatient to end her Quest of Kindness and finally become a knight, Princess Pulverizer falls under the spell of an evil witch.