About this title: Continuing the story begun in OVER SEA, UNDER STONE, THE DARK IS RISING is the second book in Susan Cooper's popular fantasy quintet. Here readers meet Will Stanton, the seventh son of a seventh son, who, on his 11th birthday, discovers that he is an Old One, a group of immortals charged with saving the world from the evil forces known as the Dark ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780020425656ISBN:0020425651
Description: Good. 5-book boxed set (encased). Includes all 5 titles: The Dark is Rising, Over Sea Under Stone, Greenwitch, The Grey King, Silver on the Tree. All 5 books have somewhat heavy shelf-wear, mostly at the spines. ***Please note: The Dark is Rising' is missing its back cover. *** Over Sea Under Sea has a creased spine. No writings were found. The case also has heavy shelf-wear with creases/tears to its edges. Small business. Personal service. Thanks for looking! : -) read more
Description: Used-Acceptable. No Jacket. 1986 Collier Books Edition Paper Back; In Original Hardcover Box, Acceptable Condition; Pen Name Couple of Books of the Four; Moisture Stains, Minor in GreenWitch Book; Corner Wear; Clean Pages; Creased Spine; Edge Wear; Shelf Wear; Acceptable Condition; Reliable customer service and no-hassle return policy. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780020425656ISBN:0020425651
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Product in box. 1148 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780020425656ISBN:0020425651
Description: Good. Box has some wear on corners. Cover shows some edge wear and creasing. Light soiling on sides of book. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Good reading copies. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date Published: 1993-10-31
ISBN-13:9780020425656ISBN:0020425651
Description: Good. Slip case has mild shelf wear and some corner rubbing; books are in good condition, pages slightly yellowed, no writing in books. read more
Description: NEW. Softcover: Boxed; Slipcase. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781416949961. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781416949961ISBN:1416949968
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780020425656ISBN:0020425651
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. In very good condition. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date Published: 1993-10-31
ISBN-13:9780020425656ISBN:0020425651
Description: Very Good. Box-set. Five books have no highlighting-no underlining w/clean clear text. Tight binding. Purchase and help a youth pastor with three daughters. read more
"The Dark Is Rising is my first review on GoodReads, simply because it deserves to be. I can look back over more than 20 years of an insatiable hunger for the written word, and in the misty distance shine these books that started it all for me. That's not to say I didn't read before Susan Cooper, but I had never been so emotionally tethered to a story. In the person of Will Stanton, and his suddenly fierce friendship with Bran Davies, there remain to this day notes that resonate for me. Together they and the Drew kids endure courage and fear, loss and triumph, horror and beauty. Every day I spent as a boy reading these pages was filled with a wonder and a desire for the world to be as magical and mysterious as Will's world. And when the story drew to a close, I remember vividly the very real loneliness of knowing that I would never again follow these friends into a new story. But there was delight, too, from a truly wonderful story never to be forgotten. My own years go by and too many things change, but I still come back to these stories again, over and over. I've read them aloud to my first child. I can't wait to read them aloud again to my two younger children, as much to revisit the fictional friends who anchor me to the wonder and magic of youth as to share that magic with my daughters and son."
"Susan Cooper's masterful series is a must-read for any young reader who breezed through Harry Potter and is hungry for more. This modern fable with arthurian themes follows the battle between those of the Light and those of the Dark. Her stories often point to how seemingly small people make a big difference in the course of the whole world, and also point out how small things can have great meaning. I love to pull out the second in the series, titled The Dark is Rising , at Christmas time and reread it, since it is set right at Christmas. And the carol "Good King Wenceslas" became one of my favorites as a preteen because of how it is featured in that story."
"A handful of English children are sent to live with their eccentric uncle in a big and mysterious house. One rainy day, the children decide to explore the house. And behind a wardrobe, the Pevensies... oh, wait. These aren't the Pevensies, they're the Drews.
It's strange to me no one seems to comment on how completely derivative the opening to Over Sea, Under Stone is.
Anyway, these books are fine. I enjoyed them. But I have to say that I think touting these as unsung Harry Potters is not appropriate. The Potter books have 10 times more substance than these.
I stopped to wonder if maybe I had found these Dark is Rising books as a kid, I would think they were as great as Harry Potter. But then, I read Harry Potter as an adult too, so that doesn't really seem relevant after all."
"I really enjoyed this series. Books 1 and 3 are the weakest because the stories with the "kids" just don't quite work. But the other 3 volumes with Will and Bran are a compelling read. Suggested for any fans of mythology and Arthurian legends.
I DID NOT watch the movie because the previews showed how little they had followed the book. Will Stanton is not a "reluctant" superhero. He is the last of an ancient race who comes into the knowledge of who he is on his 14th birthday. But, no more without telling too much!"
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