A kid favorite for over thirty years this award-winning modern-classic is sure to delight readers for years to come! Winthrop has a real gift for fantasy... --Madeleine LEngle award-winning author of A Wrinkle in Time When William learns that his favorite caretaker Mrs. Phillips is leaving he is devastated. But then she gives him her parting gift--a mysterious model castle that has been in her family for years. The castle is perfect in every way with a drawbridge a moat and a fingerhigh knight to guard the gates. Its almost too real. Sure enough when William picks up the tiny silver knight Sir Simon comes alive in his hand and tells William a mighty story of wild sorcery wizards and a kingdom in need of saving. Hoping the castles magic holds the key to getting his friend to stay William embarks on a fantastic quest to another land and another time--where a fiery dragon and an evil wizard are waiting to do battle.
