ANNOTATION

Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic treehouse to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Illus. in black-and-white. Jack and Annie travel back in time to medieval England for an adventure inside a storybook castle, from feasting hall to dreadful dungeon.

FROM THE CRITICS

Children's Literature - Susie Wilde

This is a book for beginning readers who want to escape into the world of fantasy and science fiction. The Knight at Dawn is the second in Mary Pope Osborne's "Magic Tree House" series about fact-seeking Jack and his impetuous sister Annie who travel to the time of knights and castles. History and customs of the era come alive against a foreground of adventure, mystery and suspense.