{"product_id":"arthur-at-the-crossing-places-book-2-arthur-by-kevin-crossley-holland-copy","title":"Arthur: At the Crossing Places by Kevin Crossley-Holland","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the year 1200 and young Arthur de Caldicot is preparing to go on crusade.   While he trains for battle, he also watches the adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table unfold in his magical Seeing Stone.   The visions in the stone help Arthur unravel the secrets of the past, and start him on a quest of his own ... to find his mother.   At the Crossing Places is the second volume in the ARTHUR trilogy. The trilogy has sold over 1 million copies and has been translated into 25 languages.   Kevin Crossley-Holland won the Carnegie Medal in 1985 for Storm. His many notable books for adults and children include poetry, classic retellings and anthologies. He has written and presented many BBC radio programmes and is a frequent speaker at schools and libraries. For some years he held a university post in Minnesota and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. The Seeing Stone won the prestigious Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, At The Crossing-Places won a Silver award at the SWPA Spoken Word Awards and Gatty's Tale was shortlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal.   Reviews  Kevin Crossley-Holland will be appearing at the Edinburgh International BookFestival on 25th August 2002 Other dates for this year: 13th October - Ludlow Festival6th November - The Word Bookshop, Market Harborough Praise for At the Crossing Places: Rich, evocative storytelling. Financial Times This is storytelling of subtelty and nuance and, for the reflective reader, all the more satisfying for that. Books for Keeps ...a glorious panorama of medievallife, packed with incident and colour, brave deeds, passion , deception and even murder...and is surely destined to be become a classic. East Anglian Dai  Kevin Crossley-Holland will be appearing at the Edinburgh International BookFestival on 25th August 2002 Other dates for this year: 13th October - Ludlow Festival6th November - The Word Bookshop, Market Harborough Praise for At the Crossing Places: Rich, evocative storytelling. Financial Times This is storytelling of subtelty and nuance and, for the reflective reader, all the more satisfying for that. Books for Keeps ...a glorious panorama of medievallife, packed with incident and colour, brave deeds, passion , deception and even murder...and is surely destined to be become a classic. East Anglian Dai  This second book of the Arthur Trilogy continues the tale begun with The Seeing Stone, which, as PW said in its starred review, inventively reworks the legend of the Round Table. Here 13-year-old Arthur begins life as a squire. Ages 9-12. (Oct.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43703153852490,"sku":"6766ai","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6766ai.jpg?v=1781499170","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/arthur-at-the-crossing-places-book-2-arthur-by-kevin-crossley-holland-copy","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}