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Article: Gerald Morris The Quest of the Fair Unknown.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- The Horn Book Magazine
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- November 1, 2006
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Gerald Morris The Quest of the Fair Unknown 264 pp. Houghton 10/06 ISBN 0-618-63152-6 $16.00 g (Intermediate, Middle School)
When his mother dies, seventeen-year-old Beaufils ("Fair Son," as his mother called him) journeys to Camelot to seek his unknown father, purportedly a knight there. Raised in complete isolation, Beaufils is innocent of the world and its dangers, so he brings a fresh perspective to the more contradictory aspects of chivalry ("This honor stuff is very confusing ... and I'm not sure it's very helpful") as he joins first Galahad (pure of heart, but bombastic of manner), then Gawain (a kind, fatherly hero), then the fair lady Ellyn (the ...