The Dark Is Rising (Dark is Rising, Book 2)

published	May 8th 2007 by Simon Pulse
first published	1973
binding	Paperback
isbn	1416949658 (isbn13: 9781416949657)
pages	272
description	"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Five will return, and one go alone." ...more [close] "When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Five will return, and one go alone." With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. His task is monumental: he must find and guard the six great Signs of the Light, which, when joined, will create a force strong enough to match and perhaps overcome that of the Dark. Embarking on this endeavor is dangerous as well as deeply rewarding; Will must work within a continuum of time and space much broader than he ever imagined. Susan Cooper, in her five-title Dark Is Rising sequence, creates a world where the conflict between good and evil reaches epic proportions. She ranks with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien in her ability to deliver a moral vision in the context of breathtaking adventure. No one can stop at just one of her thrilling fantasy novels. Among many other prestigious awards, The Dark Is Rising is a Newbery Honor Book and a Carnegie Medal Honor Book. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter [close]
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Meagen rated it:

08/23/07

Read in August, 2007

recommends it for: fans of methology-based fantasy fiction

i read this book when i was in the sixth grade, and was totally into it. for whatever reasons the title slipped through the fingers of my mind over the years, although snippets of the plot, did not. about 8 or so months ago, the book flashed into my mind, but all i could remember was seventh son of a seventh son, and the fact there were ravens (rooks) involved as well. after searching on the internet i came up with this book, but rejected this as being the book, for reasons i do...more i read this book when i was in the sixth grade, and was totally into it. for whatever reasons the title slipped through the fingers of my mind over the years, although snippets of the plot, did not. about 8 or so months ago, the book flashed into my mind, but all i could remember was seventh son of a seventh son, and the fact there were ravens (rooks) involved as well. after searching on the internet i came up with this book, but rejected this as being the book, for reasons i don't quite understand. it was only when they showed a preview for the up-coming film version www.seekthesigns.com that i realized it WAS the book.
i was easily engulfed into will stanton's sometime-twentieth-century-sometimes-all-time universe. there were quite a few references made throughout that i didn't get, as there's supposedly quite a bit of welsh methology acknowledged. fortunately for me, having taken a medievil literature course at umass, all the athurian/green gowain methology stood out, kicking this young adult fiction up a notch. without any knowledge of either, i still think this would be an enjoyable read. our man, will stanton, finds out that, as the seventh son of a seventh son, he's part of a group called "old ones". (i think this really appealled to me as a child, since it bothered me that children were never given much credit as thinking beings.) his first challenge as part of this group is to gather six signs. with the assistant of a sort of mentor, will has to walk between two worlds during his quest, which is really what most people go through at this age. many of the feelings that can be associated with the hormone changes starting during early puberty, can be quite dark, and challenging. as an adult reading this, what spoke to me most, is how suprising it can be when our strength shows up. so many times a situation may seem forgone, but then from out of nowhere, you find yourself doing things that don't seem quite like you, but you are, and the situation finds itself dealt with.
i would not be suprised if jkrowling was inspired at all by this book, which is one of a series of five books written in the seventies.
by-the-by, the movie isn't going to be at all like the book, which i imagine is an attempt by the studio to differentiate it from the harry potter movies. hopefully it turns out alright. ...less

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Trin rated it:

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08/26/07

bookshelves: childrens, fantasy

Read in August, 2007

Reread. I saw the trailer for the upcoming movie—and more importantly, I saw Darcy's furious reaction to the trailer for the upcoming movie, and I realized that I didn't remember these books well enough to be properly furious myself. I read the first two in the series, in the wrong order, when I was much younger, but didn't recall being particularly engaged by them, which was why I never continued. I figured that, rereading them as an adult, I'd see the error of my ways.

Sadly, I didn't. I ...more

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