Changes: The Knight at Dawn

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The second book in the Magic Tree House series is titled The Knight at Dawn. It was written by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca. It has sixty-six pages and ten chapters. It was published and released in 1993. It was re-released by Scholastic Inc. by arrangement with Random House Inc. in 1995. It was printed in the United States.

Plot

Jack and Annie couldn't sleep well after their trip to the time of the dinosaurs. They wake up and get dressed. Jack grabs his backpack and Annie gets a flashlight. They both leave home before dawn and go to the tree house. They find everything as they had left it the day before. Annie discovers a book about the Middle Ages and wishes to go there. The tree house whisks them off to the time of knights and castles.

When they arrive, it is night. Outside the tree house is a giant castle. Jack and Annie leave the tree house and head for the castle. A knight rides a horse over the castle drawbridge into the castle, and Jack and Annie must hide. Then they hear music. Jack looks in the book and finds out that a feast is going on. Annie takes off to go see what the feast is like. Jack started after. He was seen by a guard on one of the towers, but he just ran ahead. When he got in the castle, he ran and hid in a corner. He found Annie hiding behind a well in the courtyard. They entered a hallway and found the Great Hall and the giant feast. As they are watching from by the doorway, a man came along and scared them away. They stumbled into a dark cold room filled with armor and weaponry. Jack got his head stuck in a large helmet. Then they were found by three huge men. The men took them to the dungeon. When in the dungeon, Annie used the flashlight to temporarily blind them so they could get away. Jack finds a trapdoor on a map in the book. They go through the door. They crawl all the way to the edge of the castle walls where Jack falls into the moat. Annie jumps in after him and they both swim to shore, though they are scared by splashes they believe to be from crocodiles.

As the fog began to disappear, Jack and Annie saw a knight on the horse. They kids ride with this mysterious knight back to the tree house. They enter the tree house and wish their way back home.

When the kids get back, they leave the tree house and walk back to their house. They sneak back in, since their really not supposed to be out of bed, and go back to sleep.

Summary

Jack and Annie go back to the time of knights and explore a castle.

Characters

Audio Book

Main article: The Knight at Dawn (audio)

The Knight at Dawn has been put on compact disc for those who would rather listen to the stary than read it.

Research Guide

Main article: Knights and Castles

The non-fiction companion to The Knight at Dawn is the research guide Knights and Castles. It was written by Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne and was illustrated by Sal Murdocca. It was published and released in 2001.

Critical Reception

Being the sequel to a very well received book, The Knight at Dawn was recepted with a mainly postitive attitude. Like the prequel, it can be found in almost any library with children's books in America.

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 J[[Jack|ack]] and [[Annie]] couldn't sleep well after their trip to the time of the dinosaurs. They wake up and get dressed. Jack grabs his backpack and Annie gets a flashlight. They both leave home before dawn and go to the [[Magic Tree House|tree house]]. They find everything as they had left it the day before. Annie discovers a book about the Middle Ages and wishes to go there. The tree house whisks them off to the time of knights and castles.
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