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Tag: Wales

The Gauntlet (1951), Ronald Welch

On March 25, 2025February 4, 2026 By LaurieIn Children's ClassicsLeave a comment

If you are a young boy time traveling to 14th century Wales, you might as well find yourself the heir to a great Norman family learning all the necessary skills and duties of a leader, with experiences so intense your life is threatened and you have something astonishing to tell your friends and family when …

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The Grey King, Susan Cooper (1975)

On March 14, 2019February 4, 2026 By LaurieIn Children's ClassicsLeave a comment

“It is because you are not properly human, but one of the Old Ones of the Light put here to hold back the terrible power of the Dark. You are the last of that circle to be born on earth. And I have been waiting for you.” One of the bonuses of joining the book …

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