What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

This was a book with a female main character who became a squire in a castle and ended up meeting Arthur and the wizard Merlin before he was King Arthur. I can't remember much but I believe she was hiding her gender and became friends with Arthur who ended up finding out her secret.

The very end of the book (the part i remember the best) is the sword being pulled out of the stone by Arthur and him not believing he deserved it because it was "loose" and they end up finding out the main character had been curious and had used butter/oil to make the sword loose for her to take it out the night before, but she had been unable to put the sword BACK into the stone, and had put a different sword in the rock instead.

Does anyone recognize this book?

I read it about mid 2000s, and it looks like a possibly older book as well at the time

Davida, this sounds like Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen from your request back in June 16, 2022? https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I think that's the book! I was reading through the names and they are very familiar. thank you!!

You're welcome.

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