Book: Avalon High
Author: Meg Cabot
Pages: 304
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Reviewed by: Kat (Age 20)
Amazon.com Price: $11.55
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Review By Gayle

With parents as professors spending time on writing sabbaticals following medieval legends, Ellie Harrison soon notices that a 21st century version of a medieval Arthurian legend of good-versus-evil battle is taking shape in the midst of her seemingly harmless new school Avalon High; the school of the Excaliburs.

There’s the kind, gorgeous quarterback A. Will Wagner (whose first name happens to be Arthur), his cute cheerleader girlfriend Jennifer (with the name Jennifer denoting from Queen Guinevere’s), his best friend the guard* for the football team Lance (denoting from Sir Lancelot, King Arthur’s loyal knight), and not to mention his troublemaker stepbrother Marco (representing King Arthur’s half-brother Mordred). Plus, when Marco exposes Lance’s and Jennifer’s illicit love affair behind Will’s back to Will, Ellie can’t help but it being similar to Mordred exposing the adultery of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere in the Arthurian legend.

But when Ellie realises that the adultery of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere brought about King Arthur’s downfall, and not to mention that Mordred will kill King Arthur in the Arthurian legend, she realises that she has to stop the horrific chain of events that will engulf them all, with the help of her own 21st century Merlin.

The idea of having a modern day medieval tale was rather fresh and unique. With Meg Cabot’s fresh ideas and creative style of writing, every single page of this book would definitely leave you craving for more.