The Dark Is Rising

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Simon and Schuster, Dec 21, 2001 - Juvenile Fiction - 232 pages
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.
 

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Midwinters Eve
1
Midwinter Day
16
The SignSeeker
27
The Walker on the Old Way
48
The Learning
64
Christmas Eve
65
The Book of Gramarye
79
Betrayal
91
The Testing
142
The Coming of the Cold
143
The Hawk in the Dark
163
The King of Fire and Water
173
The Hunt Rides
194
The Joining of the Signs
204
About the Author
217
Copyright

Christmas Day
112

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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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