num_pages: 394
description: The year is 490 AD. Fiery 16-year-old Elaine of Ascolat, the daughter of one of King Arthur's supporters, lives with her father on Arthur's base camp, the sole girl in a militaristic world of men. Elaine's only girl companion is the mysterious Morgan, Arthur's older sister, but Elaine cannot tell Morgan her deepest secret: She is in love with Lancelot, Arthur's second-in-command. However, when yet another girl -- the lovely Gwynivere-- joins their world, Elaine is confronted with startling emotions of jealousy and rivalry. But can her love for Lancelot survive the birth of an empire?
language: English
title: Song of the Sparrow
titlecomplete: Song of the Sparrow
characters: King Arthur, Gwynivere, Merlin (Arthurian wizard), Sir Lancelot, Elaine Taylor
genres: Fiction, Arthurian, Retellings, Young Adult, Historical, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Romance, Fantasy, Poetry
ratings_count: 10250
awards: name: Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Press