INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Pace, Greg

Project X-Calibur

(4) 4-6 In this retelling, Merlin gathers teenagers to form a new group of knights, here to pilot spacecraft to fight alien invaders. Reluctant Ben must look within himself to become the hero he's destined to be. An entertaining (if odd) mixture of Arthurian legend and science fiction, fans of Ender's Game will eat up the well-worn kids-saving-the-day trope.

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