Explore The Camelot Code Created By Mari Mancusi Presented In Paper Edition

synopsis drew me to this book! I've always been fascinated by King Arthur and Merlin! It's a fun read that mixed game playing with fantasy! My name is Sophie, and Merlin has pulled me back in time to help save King Arthur.
However, I found out Arthur is back in thest century with his magical scabbard, Things are getting all mixed up! My best friend Stu is impersonating Arthur after pulling the sword from the stone, Arthur has joined the middle school football team and may not want to return to Camelot, If he doesn't, the whole time continuum may get screwed up and change the world's history, I'm already noticing some disturbing changes, My worst enemy now thinks we're best friends, and no one has ever heard of pepperoni pizza! In addition, Morgana has plans of her own to kill Arthur.
I must find a way to correct history before it's beyond fixing, and Stu is burned at the stake,

The beginning of the book sounded like a familiar story of a character traveling through time, but other characters started going back and forth, Then, Arthur considered not returning to the throne and that really twisted things around, His lack of confidence was a huge factor and should resonate with many young readers, Emerging emotions of middle grade readers are also addressed through Arthur and Guinevere's relationship, as well as the friendship between Stu and Sophie, The author added creativity to the plot with Stu's efforts to rule Camelot, including challenges to his newfound fame, She also complicated the story through the changes to history, These changes made it more difficult for Sophie to communicate with Merlin and brought into question her ability to return Arthur to the past, I wasn't sure how the author would make this book into a series until a secret about Sophie's past was revealed, Overall, I enjoyed this book more than expected, and I already plan to check out the sequel Geeks and the Holy Grail, I recommend you give it a shot, My younger brother read this first and enjoyed it, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it! I absolutely loved this book! Imagine if a young King Arthur was sent to the future on mistake.
What would he think of thest century Meanwhile, who would take his place in the past Would history be rewritten or would it stay the same All of these questions and more are answered in this book.
I cannot wait to read book! I started reading Once and Future Geek by Mari Mancusi at:at night,

I knew I should probably not have started it, but I looked at the premisetime travelling Arthurian shenanigans!and thought it would be cute, Maybe a little ridiculous, but in the best way, Id read a few chapters, go to sleep at a normal time, and then probably finish it the next day,

Fifteen minutes in, I realized I had made a mistake, Merlin hacked the magical well to get good WiFi and it was hilarious, Sophie and Stu, our intrepid geeks who accidentally time travel to Arthurs court at Camelot before its Arthurs court, were funny and relateable and I loved them.
Arthur was an absolute doofus who it was impossible not to like, There was magic, and video games, and video game magic, I was doomed.

At midnight, I knew I should really go to sleep, but I thought if

I could read one more chapter, Arthur, whod been trapped in the future at Sophie and Stus school and had joined the football team, might realize that he had to go back and get history back on course! Of course, he didnt realize this in the next chapter, and so I had to keep reading.
I fell in love with all the other charactersall the analogous people that Arthur was surrounding himself with in the future and their counterparts in the past who were helping or hindering Stu in his efforts to pretend to be Arthur while Sophie desperately tried to sort everyone out and get her friends back in the time periods they belonged in.
As with any good Arthurian story, its the knights who you love best, and both the actual knights in Camelot and the football Knights in the future were absolute delights.
The real strength of this book is the characters, and all of them shine beautifully in their preordained roles,

And as with any good time travel story, when time begins unraveling and things in the future start changing due to whats being messed up in the past, things goabsolutely wild.
It all went Back to the Future on poor Sophie, but she handles it like a champ, Its intense, but so much fun to watch as everything unspools faster and faster until the boss fight at the end,

And yes: it is a boss fight, Absolutely ingenious, and so much fun, the geek part of this book finishes so strong I wanted to fall right through the pages and start playing the game with them.


This book hit all the funny, ingenious, geeky, mythological high points that my heart loves, and it was impossible not to find joy in this book.
Kids who love the irreverent blend of myth, magic, and modernity that Rick Riordans books embody will absolutely love this one, Its perfect for anyone who loves Arthurian anything, has ever played a video game, cant get enough of time travel, and wishes Merlin were their best friend, regardless of age.


At:am, I finished and immediately said, “But waitwheres more” So so good!! I can't wait to write the full review for this one!!

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I absolutely loved this book! It had me hooked from the very beginning and I honestly couldn't put it down.
There were so many little references that were included that sometimes made me laugh out loud they were definitely a great touch! There were pieces especially the football scenes that reminded me of the movie I know there's also a book, but I haven't gotten to it yet.
hides I was addicted to the movie when I was younger though! Avalon High, and I loved it!

I absolutely loved all of the characters Mari Mancusi definitely made characters that are relatable and entertaining, from Merlin to Morgana! If you've ever read The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan and if you haven't go read them, you'll know who Sadie Kane is and Sophie reminded me of Sadie so much! I'm always a huge fan of sass and sarcasm and there was so much of it within this book.
Besides, a girl who puts her foot down at the possible destruction of her favorite pizza is the most relatable thing I've ever seen, haha! All of the characters really were amazing though Stu, Arthur, Guin, Lucas.
They all had qualities that made them great, but they also still possessed flaws which are so important when dealing with fictional characters,  

I cannot wait to read the next installment of this series and I'm so grateful that I got to read this one early! I highly recommend this book to any and all fantasy/mythloving nerds!.