The name of this book is The Sword in the Stone. It was written by T.H. White. This book was published by Bantum Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers. The copy write date is October 1963.
The plot of this story is a boy named Art goes out into the woods in search for a hawk that he had lost. While in the woods comes upon a magician named Merlin who has a talking owl named Archimedes. Merlin decides to become Arts tutor. Merlin teaches him how to become a gentleman. Art brought Merlin back to Sir Ector’s castle with him. The king at the time ends up dying and there is a contest to decide who the new king will be. Sir Ector’s son Kay was to be in the contest and Art