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The Sword in the StoneT. H. White
The Sword in the Stone
by T. H. White
A boy called Wart is educated by a backwards-living magician who turns him into a fish, a hawk and a badger, and there is a sword in a churchyard.
A story about children, witches and wizards and animals, funny and epic in tone. We would put it with children of 10–13, and at a reading age of about 11 for reading alone.
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- Mild peril
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