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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
Katz ( Witchery Hill ) here reworks Arthurian legend into fantasy. Morgan Lefevre, 15-year-old daughter of a Canadian television show host, travels with her parents to the ruins of King Arthur's castle at Tintagel in England. While exploring the castle, she is mistaken for one of her ancestors, Morgan LeFay (only sister of King Arthur), and abruptly bidden from her life in the 20th century to the kingdom of Nwm, where the magical forces of the Circle and Line have long been locked in conflict. Bewildered by this alien world and her disorienting time travel, Morgan befriends Arddu, a boy later revealed to be King Arthur. Together, he and Morgan defend themselves against the feuding of Circle and Line (Earth also becomes embroiled in the battle) and eventually arrive at a better understanding of their roles in the Arthurian scheme. This complicated adventure story emphasizes plot and setting (each, at times, contrived and laboriously elaborate) over character development, transforming the events of legend with the addition of new material. Ages 12-up. (Mar.)
School Library Journal
Gr 7-9-- An advanced course in Welsh history would help readers of this book. Arddu and Rigan are twins in the world of Nwm. Rigan is a Sister of the Circle ``missioned'' to Earth, but Arddu does not share any part of her First Magic. Morgan is a 20th-Century Canadian teenager on vacation in Tintagel. The enemies of the Circle, the Line, summon Rigan back to Nwm, but bring Morgan by mistake. Although separated in time by 15 centuries, the two girls look enough alike to be twins. Arddu takes Morgan in hand, trying to get her sent back to Earth, and readers primarily follow the two in their quest to be free of the magic of both the Circle and the Line. There is a sub-plot: Rigan, on her mission, is a servant to M'rlendd, coincidentally the fifth most powerful Linesman on a mission of his own. The two forces struggle to control his pupil, Arthur. So, when Arddu and Morgan come to Earth, they come having found the Grail and Excaliber on Nwm. Consequently, Morgan becomes Morgan Le Fay (replacing Rigan and her First Magic) and Arddu becomes Arthur (replacing the Arthur influenced by M'rlendd's Second Magic), and they step into history as a Third Magic, ``the link that bends the line.'' This is all dispatched tidily. However, the depth and breadth of ideas which have become historically attached to Arthurian legend (and which Katz acknowledges in the text) are only diminished when plot of this kind is imposed on them. The symbols in this particular story have lives of their own, and Katz' plotting simply cannot contain them in anything like a linear way. The characters of Morgan and Arddu are generally well drawn, but others are mere sketches. And, while there are some deft moments, Katz' insistent use of capitalization and High Fantasy Rhetoric only serves to blur what is an already hazy focus. The simple fact is that she has too much stuff for one book: too many ideas and too much story. --Christina L. Olson, Beverly Hills Public Library
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780689504808
  • Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
  • Publication date: 3/7/1991
  • Edition description: 1st United States ed
  • Pages: 208
  • Age range: 12 - 17 Years

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  • Posted April 4, 2009

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    My favorite book of all time

    I've read this book 7 times, once a year starting on my birthday ever since I was 13. Each time I read it I get something new from it. This awesome book keeps on filling me up, no matter how much older and bigger I get. I think I will read it every year forever. The story is the most amazing I've ever found, so creative and exciting, and the people in it are just what youd want to be if you could live in those times. I never thought I'd love any new way to tell about King Arthur, but this book is so fantastic and so original you only really get it that its about him when you get to the end. I cried and cried, but not really because of sadness. More like because the ending is perfect, and you know it, and still you want it to go on forever. I've already bought two copies because I lent one to my friend who read it and loved it too but she isn't always carful and opened it so wide that pages started getting loose. So I am buying 6 copies today with my first paycheck as a horse-groomer. I think when you find a book like this you should get more than one copy because when you move it can get lost, or when your walking to school or work it could get dropped in the mud, things like that, and when you want to read it like /now/ thats just a trajedy. The other thing is like with so many good books, when its been a while since they were written, the bookstores just dont bother to keep selling them, and libraries get rid of them just because their old. Its awful when you can't find the books you love for sale any more. You have to buy your own, and you have to buy more than one for a book like this. I hope my 6 copies I buy today last me the rest of my life. Oh yeah, its fantasy, with magic, two kinds fighting each other, and then the heros find the real one, the third kind. I can't tell you more, it would reck the story for you. Get your own copy, and read it, and I bet then you will be like me, a fan for life. The book is by Welwyn Wilton Katz which is a hard name to remember and kind of feels like it has magic in it. Can you guess what else Welwyn Wilton Katz is like? You should go to www.booksbywelwyn.ca because I think you will be surprised.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 10, 2004

    A Beautifully Written Book

    This has been one of my favorite books of all times. The author moves the tale along at a good pace, and the details make everything vivid and clear. Welwyn Wilton Katz makes the story seem realistic in a way, and everything makes sense. While reading this book, one can become confused (therefore increasing interest) about what's going on, but at the end, everything fits together perfectly like a jigsaw puzzle. I would recommend this book for fantasy and King Arthur fans.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 16, 2003

    Less then I expected

    I was sorely disappointed with this book,it just couldn't grab my attention,and I found myself forcing my fingers to turn the pages. A great let-down,but I will not give up on this author.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 8, 2002

    Highly Reccommended

    This is my favorite book, and I have read it about 7 times. I think that it is the best book ever. The book is full of suspense and serious plot. There is magic, conspiracy, and great characters. I can really relate to them! It was kind of confusing to begin with, but you learn to deal with it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 1, 2002

    I loved this book!

    Welwyn Wilton Katz takes the King Arthur story to a new level in this novel. Arddu belongs nowhere. When Morgan finds herself on Nwm, he tries to help her. This gives his own life some meaning. There are two main magics on Nwm the Circle, and the Line. They are constantly are at war. When Arddu and Morgan find a mysterious Third Magic, everything they ever believed in is changed. This will forever be one of my favorite books.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 9, 2000

    Riveting!

    Welwyn Wilton Katz manages to capture the magic of Arthurian time without actually employing Camelot and the Knights. Her characters are boldly developed and posessed of an innate goodness that makes us, the readers, identify easily with Arddu, the Abomination, and Morgan, who belongs nowhere, as well as the M'rlennd, who casts a new light on King Arthur, and Morrigan, who is doomed by her duty as a Sister of First Magic. Excellent work!

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    Posted March 5, 2009

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