The High King, Lloyd Alexander
This is the last book in a fantasy series called The Chronicles of Prydain. What made this selection appeal to me is the significance it had for my husband. He read this series when he was in middle school and he loved it. 
I wanted to read the entire series and not just the last book (who would do that?) so I started:
The Book of Three (1964)
The Black Cauldron (1965, Newbery Honor)
The Castle of Llyr (1966)
Taran Wanderer (1967)
The High King (1968, winner of Newbery Medal)
GENRE: fantasy/adventure, coming of age
THEMES: friendship, personal identity, heroes and mythology, quests for truth 
MESSAGE: loyalty, courage and wisdom will triumph over evil

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