Avalon High

I am looking forward to reading this, but it was delivered in rough shape. I didn't want to return it because I have been waiting for it for a while, and I have library repair materials that I can use to fix it. . . .but I think that someone in the warehouse needs to be careful. I didn't slice the cover when I opened the box. . . .this book was paced under another item that I bought. It's not much fun getting a damaged item!

Gave it to my sister a while back, after purchasing it from a used bookstore. I borrowed it from her, read it, and enjoyed it. I now have another family member's birthday coming up, so I purchased it for her. I hope she enjoys the gift, but I think she will! Anything by Meg Cabot is a great gift for a teenage girl who likes reading.

Elaine Harrison looks forward to the chance to forge a new identity when she tranfers high schools during her medievalist-parents' sabbatical. Little does she know that she will be returning to an old identity, as Elaine the Lily Maid of Astolat, when she meets up with a cast of Arthurian figures she comes to suspect are reincarnated from 5th-century Britain: Merlin has become a busybody teacher Mr. Morton, Lancelot the dashing blonde football player Lance, Guinevere his best friend's sweetheart, and so on. Can such a transformation be true? Elaine's musings are expressed with characteristic high school skepticism. Not.A charming and reasonably well researched Arthurian novel for adolescents, "Avalon High" shows us what happens when King Arthur goes to high school. Recommended both for its engaging and readable adolescent narrator and for the clever, surprising, and upbeat conclusion.

I am not a student of the Arthur legend. I have seen "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" a few times. That was not helpful, for this book. If you have a decent grasp on the legend and those characters, you will grab on to the plot of Avalon High. If not, you may find yourself tapping into Knights of the Round Table background info on Wikipedia.I liked these characters a lot. I loved the boy meets girl storyline. YA readers may really love it. Then again, the world of these high school juniors and seniors, where cell service is spotty and texting has not yet been invented, may feel a little quaint and olde tyme-y.

Elaine (named after the Lady of Shallot by her Arthurian scholar parents) is new to Avalon High, but already she finds herself suffering a crush on the star of the school, Will. But Will is dating Jennifer, and Elaine discovers there is something going on between Jennifer and Will's best friend Lance. Will is also dealing with his ogre of a father. Sound familiar? This is a fairly clever, teenage retelling and reworking (and, according to itself, continuation) of Arthurian legend. It's not as predictable as you might think, too. And the images (Elaine's penchant for floating in pools) and references are quite well done. Grade: B

Meg Cabot has always been my absolute favorite author!! If i need a good laugh, if i want some mystery, or if im yearning for a great romance I reach straight for one of her stories!! Shes so versatile! Fantasy, comedy, mystery!! This was my third time reading this book and still love it after all these years

This is a good read. I liked this author's spin on a classic legend of King Arthur's return. It was very enjoyable to read.

Avalon high was awesome! Will, (insert girly sigh here), was positively dreamy;) I have seen Avalon High the movie many times and the book, though different from the feature, is just as interesting and captivating as the movie. Meg Cabot illustrates a unique story sure to please even the harshest critics and entertain the most restless readers, regardless of their lack of insight into medieval times or the knights of the round table. Whatever your previous knowledge of King Arthur may be, (for me that would be nothing), Avalon high is a book that will steal your breath away...... and maybe even your heart, too<3

This book is totally different from anything else meg cabot has written. I first read this when it was released and read it again recently, loving it just as much as it's an original and unique take on an old and popular legend. Only advice I would give is, if you read it and like it don't go and watch the Disney original movie it was adapted in to, as it will spoil the book for you.

I'm not a child/teenager, but an adult who loves YA stories (yes, my brain got stuck in its teenage phase), and totally loved this book.In fact, I only had 2 hours sleep last night because I couldn't put it down!!!Ellie is very funny - the type of person girls would like to be friends with. Will is the typical brooding character Ellie would fall in love with.Love the weaving in of the legends and the little hints that tell you who Ellie really is.

I don't see why the reviews on this are less-than-brilliant. Yes, it is different, but I feel that this is one of Meg Cabot's best books, with interesting background, and a plot that deleved into other famous stories, combined with the modern romance of High School, and the stress of teenage life.I feel that this is just as good a book as the "Princess Diaries" and deserves to be given a chance. It can't be easy to combine myth and modern, and this has been done very well. I was hooked!

Great condition. Great story.

Well written and very entertaining, original plot