Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- ISBN-10
- 0749685573
- ISBN-13
- 9780749685577
- Series
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Category
- Children's stories
- Pages
- 31
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Franklin Watts
- Author
- Karen Wallace
Description
A giant Green Knight storms into King Arthur's court at Camelot demanding that his head be chopped off. The youngest knight, Sir Gawain, agrees. Then the Green Knight lives, and Sir Gawain must let the Green Knight chop off his head... The Hopscotch Adventures series features exciting, page-turning adventures in under 400 words for children developing their reading confidence.
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