The High King
Record details
- ISBN: 080508052X (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780805080520 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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viii, 182 p. : map ; 20 cm. - Edition: 1st Henry Holt pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : H. Holt, 2006, c1968.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | In this final part of the chronicle of Prydain the forces of good and evil in an ultimate confrontation, which determines the fate of Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper who wanted to be a hero. |
Target Audience Note: | 5-8 Follett Library Resources 6.1 Follett Library Resources |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR 6.1 11.0 |
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Subject: | Fantasy fiction Prydain (Imaginary place) Fiction Newbery medal book Fairy tales |
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Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | JF ALE (Text) | 33260000230442 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J FIC ALEXANDER Bk 5 (Text) | 34014133732272 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Public Library | J ALEXANDER, LLOYD Chronicles of Prydain Bk 5 (Text) | 37777134684406 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Lebanon Middle School | PBK FIC ALEXANDER (Text) | 33431000017367 | Fiction | Available | - |
Lebanon Middle School | PBK FIC ALEXANDER (Text) | 33431000017380 | Fiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | JPB SER CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN v.5 (Text) | 34000151482684 | Juvenile Series Paperback | Available | - |
Ridgefield Library | JF ALEXANDER CP 5 (Text) | 34010153387914 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Ridgefield Library | JF ALEXANDER CP 5 (Text) | 34010154770258 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Tolland Public Library | J ALE (Text) | 34051126936429 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Woodbury Public Library | J ALEXANDER (Text) | 34018148813084 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
The High King : The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 5 (Newbery Medal Winner)
Lloyd Alexander, January 30, 1924 - May 17, 2007 Born Lloyd Chudley Alexander on January 30, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Allan Audley and Edna Chudley Alexander, Lloyd knew from a young age that he wanted to write. He was reading by the time he was 3, and though he did poorly in school, at the age of fifteen, he announced that he wanted to become a writer. At the age of 19 in 1942, Alexander dropped out of the West Chester State Teachers College in Pennsylvania after only one term. In 1943, he attended Lafayette College in Easton, PA, before dropping out again and joining the United States Army during World War II. Alexander served in the Intelligence Department, stationed in Wales, and then went on to Counter-Intelligence in Paris, where he was promoted to Staff Sergeant. When the war ended in '45, Alexander applied to the Sorbonne, but returned to the States in '46, now married. Alexander worked as an unpublished writer for seven years, accepting positions such as cartoonist, advertising copywriter, layout artist, and associate editor for a small magazine. Directly after the war, he had translated works for such artists as Jean Paul Sartre. In 1955, "And Let the Credit Go" was published, Alexander's first book which led to 10 years of writing for an adult audience. He wrote his first children's book in 1963, entitled "Time Cat," which led to a long career of writing for children and young adults. Alexander is best known for his "Prydain Chronicles" which consist of "The Book of Three" in 1964, "The Black Cauldron" in 1965 which was a Newbery Honor Book, as well as an animated motion picture by Disney which appeared in 1985, "The Castle of Llyr" in 1966, "Taran Wanderer" in 1967, a School Library Journal's Best Book of the Year and "The High King" which won the Newberry Award. Many of his other books have also received awards, such as "The Fortune Tellers," which was a Boston Globe Horn Book Award winner. In 1986, Alexander won the Regina Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Catholic Library Association. His titles have been translated into many languages including, Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Serbo-Croation and Swedish. He died on May 17, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography)