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The Knight at Dawn

  • 1993 first published
  • 71 pages
  • ★ 3.7 (7 ratings)
  • 45 editions

Published in 1993, The Knight at Dawn is a time-travel fiction novella by Mary Pope Osborne. It is set in Mittelalter. Readers will find themes of castles, magic, knights and knighthood and middle Ages.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 42 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 45 editions across 6 languages.

At about 71 pages, most readers finish it in about an hour and a half.

About The Knight at Dawn

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.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Era

  • Mittelalter

Subjects

  • Castles
  • Magic
  • Knights and knighthood
  • Middle Ages
  • Tree houses
  • Time travel
  • Magia
  • Caballeros y caballería
  • Castillos
  • Casas en árboles
  • Edad Media
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Viajes a través del tiempo
  • Children's fiction
  • Middle ages
  • Fantasy fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote The Knight at Dawn?

The Knight at Dawn was written by Mary Pope Osborne and first published in 1993.

What genre is The Knight at Dawn?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel.

How long is The Knight at Dawn?

The median edition has 71 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Knight at Dawn?

Readers who like it often enjoy Servant of the Bones, Many Waters (Time Quintet #4) and A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Time Quintet #3).

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