The Dark Is Rising
(The Dark Is Rising #2)

Author

Susan Cooper

Publication Date

October 19, 1999

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / 6^th − 7^th

The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising #2)

Paperback

Description

On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift -- that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark.

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 Dark and the Light. And for the twelve days of Christmas, while the Dark is rising, life for Will is full of wonder, terror, and delight.

Publication date

October 19, 1999

Classification

Fiction

Page Count

ISBN-13

9780689829833

Lexile Measure

920

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Margaret K. McElderry Books

Series

The Dark Is Rising

BISAC categories

JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure

Library of Congress categories

Fantasy
England
Stanton, Will (Fictitious character)
Cornwall (England: County)

Susan Cooper

Susan Cooper is one of our foremost fantasy authors; her classic five-book fantasy sequence The Dark Is Rising has sold millions of copies worldwide. Her books' accolades include the Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and five shortlists for the Carnegie Medal. She combines fantasy with history in Victory (a Washington Post Top Ten Books for Children pick), King of Shadows, Ghost Hawk, and her magical The Boggart and the Monster, second in a trilogy, which won the Scottish Arts Council's Children's Book Award. Susan Cooper lives on a saltmarsh island in Massachusetts, and you can visit her online at TheLostLand.com.

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