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The dark is rising / Susan Cooper.

Author/creator Cooper, Susan, 1935- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2013]
Copyright Notice ©1973
Description296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
Series The dark is rising sequence ; [2]
Cooper, Susan, 1935- Dark is rising sequence 2. ^A602936
Contents Part One: The finding -- Midwinter's Eve -- The sign seeker -- The walker on the old way -- Part Two: The learning -- Christmas Eve -- The book of Gramarye -- Betrayal -- Christmas -- Part Three: The testing -- The coming of the cold -- The hawk in the dark -- The king of fire and water -- The hunt rides again -- The joining of the signs.
Abstract On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers an astounding gift -- that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals who fight to keep the powers of evil, the Dark, from taking over the world. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the final battle between the Light and the Dark. But the Dark has already sent out the Rider -- evil cloaked in black, mounted on a midnight stallion -- and has far worse in store. Will must find the six great signs -- wood, bronze, iron, water, fire, and stone -- before the Dark begins its dreadful rise.
General noteIncludes a Note from the author/Introduction.
General noteSequel to: Over sea, under stone.
General noteFollowing sequel: Greenwitch.
Interest age level Ages 8-12.
Audience 920 Lexile
Study program note Accelerated Reading
Awards noteNewbery Honor Book, 1974.
Genre/formAction and adventure fiction.
Genre/formFantasy fiction.
LCCN 86003647
ISBN9780689303173 (hardcover)
ISBN0689303173 (hardcover)
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