Knights of the Lunch Table

If Knights of the Lunch Table were a cured meat, it would be a Honey Baked Ham lovingly made by Spanish bears wearing golden pantaloons. Why? Because it's hilarious that's why! The Knights of the Lunch Table is a graphic novel retelling of the King Arthur story, set in an American elementary school, Camelot Elementary to be precise. Our hero, Artie King, has just moved to town and he will have to start school midyear. His older sister Morgan (La Faye) his of course wicked and works to make his day as hard as possible by making him miss the bus. Fortunately the school science teacher Mr Merlyn (Merlin) bikes by and tells him about a short cut. On his way to school he meets Percy (Perceval) and they become fast friends. Of course school isn't easy either, the principal takes an immediate disliking to him and assigns him the locker no one is able to open (the sword in the stone), but luckily he's able to open it. The list of Camelot references just keeps going on and on and so do the laughs. The meat of the story focuses on Artie and his friend's conflict with the school bullies who are known as "the Horde" and culminates in a truly epic dodgeball battle royale!

This book couples solid artwork with a hilarious story and the result is well worth your time if you like King Arthur, dodgeball or laughing. Great for grades 4, 5, and 6.