Avalon High

Reader reviewed by sara

Meg cabot is one of my favorite authors.so I was glad to see that she wrote another great book.i couldnht put it down.think about it king Arthur,Genevieve,and his step brother are all brought back to life in our time,as the popular people of a typical high school.how cool is that concept for a book.thats what I thought too .if I were you I would read this one as soon as you can.

Reader reviewed by Lauren

How cool would it be if someone from the past was reincarnated into a teenager. A teenager named Will, most popular guy in school everyone loves him. Will is King Arthur, and everyone around him is part of it. His girlfriend Jennifer is Genevieve, and his evil step brothoer tries to kill him?

Avalon High seems like a typical high school. There's Lance, the jock. Jennifer, the cheerleader. And Will, senior class president, quarterback, and all-around good guy.

As new student Ellie is about to discover, herself. What part does she play in the drama that is unfolding? What if there's nothing she can do about it?

Reader reviewed by Gabby

Elaine "Ellie" Harrison is fuming over her parents choice to take a sabbatical from their professor duties at the beginning of the school year, just in time to make Ellie's life take a complete 360. Not only is she forced to move to Washington, DC, but she has to leave behind her closest friends, and create a new identity for herself. Hopefully one that will leave an impression on her new classmates. But Avalon High is an exact replica of every other high school in America. It's students are classified in the same way: jocks, cheerleaders, class president...But suddenly Ellie finds herself mixed up with the cool crowd. Now she's hanging with Lance the jock, Jennifer the cheerleader, and Will, quarterback and senior class president. But the more Ellie spends time with her newfound friends, the more she realizes that their lives are mimicking history. History from centuries ago. Like the time when King Arthur ruled. Now, Ellie must figure out how to stop a chain of events that is destined to leave everyone around her in tears, or worse...dead.

I have read every book by Meg Cabot, and have never come across one that didn't spark an interest in me, but I must say that AVALON HIGH could very well be her best contribution to the publishing world thus far. Being a fan of the story of King Arthur, I loved how Cabot incorporated her modern, present day characters, into the story of the Round Table, and pulled it off without a hitch. Cabot has an insurmountable amount of talent and imagination, and it is showcased more in AVALON HIGH than in any of her previous novels. A delightful romp with mysteries on every page that will leave readers begging to hear more of Ellie's story.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

Reader reviewed by linda

Deja-vu in the wildest form comes alive in this book! Almost everyone in the book is a reincarnation from the old days of Camelot and King Arthur. It just so happens that Elaine, named after the Lady of Shallot, arrives in a town filled with mystery and a high school filled with old memories. Her job was to stay out of the whole situation but her attraction to the Will brings about a series of situations which end with history repeating itself...kind of. A great historical romance that I would recommend to everyone.

Reader reviewed by chick box

meg cabot has really done a great job with this new book of hers. not only does it show her great intelligence but also her great imagination. not many writters can come up with these kind of stories.

Avolon High is about the legend of King Arthur coming back in modern times. Every main person in the book is kind of like the reincarnation of the circle of the most important people serounding king Arthur. really great read!

Reader reviewed by Milanna Royster

I really enjoyed this book because it was sort of romantic slash comedy. I also really enjoy all of Meg Cabot's books because they always have a happy ending. I thought that Avalon High was a very creative idea in the fact that not everyone writes books about King Arthur and the round table. I thought that this was a very creative idea.

Reader reviewed by Paula

This was a really great book.Elle is just a normal girl until she has to go to a new school. Little does she know, some of the students are reincarnation of King Arthur and his round table, and so is she. If you have no knowledge of King Arthur, it's still a great book.

Reader reviewed by Alexandra

For Elaine Harris, and every other child of a college professor, sabbatical is a dirty word. Her parents have decided they are going to spend the year in the Washington, D.C., area, which, even if everyone speaks English unlike some sabbaticals, is nothing like home in Minnesota. Ellie's parents aren't at all sympathetic, even though her life is hard enough, being the daughter of medieval scholars and being named after a fictional woman who killed herself over Lancelot. When Ellie starts school at Avalon High, it seems to be a typical high school. There's Lance, the huge, sometimes jerky, jock. Will, the class president who everyone loves, and Jennifer, the blonde cheerleader and Will's girlfriend. But as Ellie gets to know Will, and the rest of the students, she realizes that maybe Avalon High isn't so ordinary after all, and she finds herself in some extraordinary circumstances. As loath as she is to admit it, her parent's knowledge on Arthurian legend just might come in handy. This modern twist on an old-time classic employs Meg Cabot's usual humor and wit, and realistic, lovable characters. As a fan of Arthurian legend, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, though it can be enjoyed just as easily if you have no previous knowledge of the legen of Camelot.