Rather than a historical tale of a legend, it focuses on whimsy and adventure. In some way, this book reminded me of Peter Pan and Wendy, with its lighthearted tone and focus on children’s imagination. In 2014, The Sword in the Stone was nominated for the 1939 Retro-Hugo Award for Best Novel. Whimsy and magic, The Sword in the Stone has remained a classic youth fantasy novel filled with the fantastic and bizarre, not to mention a lot of imagination. When Merlyn can change you into a grass snake or a badger, you get a first-rate education from the beasts of the natural world and when you live in a castle near the forest, adventure is always calling. “I think we had better climb up this tree… You never know what will happen in a joust like this.” page 87 Merlyn seems wise and mysterious, but more importantly, he knows magic. Every boy wants to have adventures, and when Wart (rhymes with Art), finds stumbles across a cabin in the forest, he gets what he wants.
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