Magic Tree House: Merlin Mission 21*

Stallion by Starlight

by Mary Pope Osborne

Release: March 2013
Format: Novelette
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Children
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Jack and Annie are magically transported to Ancient Greece to find the meaning of greatness. There, they meet the young Alexander the Great and take part in the famous story of how he tamed his horse, Bucephalus.

— based on fandom.com

DEBUT

Stallion by Starlight (Random House, March 2013) [print · e-book].

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Ancient History (3000 BC to AD 476: Bronze/Iron Ages)
Circa AD 2000 to 2099: based on a date of 2019 in To the Future, Ben Franklin!

Timeline Models

Single Static Timeline: Within the series, anything the kids do seems to fit known history rather than change it.

Time Travel Methods

Real-World Tags

Fictional Tags

Merlin: possibly offstage [Need to check this.]
Morgan le Fay: [Need to check this.]

Groupings

Magic Tree House (story series): Merlin Mission 21 [originally Magic Tree House 50 in the pre-2017 numbering system]

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From the magic tree house in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019 ⋙ to Ancient Greece, circa 344 BC. Round trip. Note: Alexander was twelve or thirteen according to Wikipedia.