false 210329 43 <I> "When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back,<br> Three from the circle, three from the track;<br> Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;<br> Five will return, and one go alone."</I> 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.<p> 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, <I>The Dark Is Rising</I> is a Newbery Honor Book and a Carnegie Medal Honor Book. (Ages 8 and older) <I>--Emilie Coulter</I> 1530651 book 1973 The Dark Is Rising (Dark is Rising, Book 2) total:4854|5:1883|4:1728|3:934|2:236|1:73| 4854 19674 6147 489 4 6 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 07 17:13:19 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:42:16 -0700 2009 1 3.5 stars

A good adventure quest tale. A bit lacking in character development, but there were some heart-pounding scenes that made up for it. Towards the end, I almost had a sense deja vu, like I was reading Moonheart by DeLint, which got me thinking this could be classified as early ur...more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:24:27 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 05:17:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Feb 27 15:27:33 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 15:27:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 7 false false Mon Aug 20 07:11:02 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:23:03 -0700 2007 All those really difficult things in life.

I read this series myself about a year or two ago, so when he needed a book to do ...more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 23:05:37 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 20:05:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 19:19:48 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 10:49:19 -0700 2007

(October book club)]]> 2 1 true false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 09:31:29 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 11:39:47 -0700 2008 Honestly, the book was entertaining. But I still didn't like it for multiple reasons:
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This is, hands down, one of my favorite series from childhood. Cooper has the very very rare knack of writing for young people without either wri...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Dec 13 16:34:07 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 18:12:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:55:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 21:47:08 -0700 2009 1
Superficially, it follows the standard kid-lit fantasy formula: a sympathetic young person, ignorant of magic, discovers that he has a Very Important Part to play in the age-long struggle between good and...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 16:35:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 20:20:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 16:35:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 11:47:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:22:45 -0700 2009 Over Sea Under Stone, the first book in the Dark is Rising Series. They are very different - this one was much more rooted in fantasy, and the struggle between "good and evil" is much more pronounced. But that isn't why I didn't like it. The ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 04:36:09 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 04:54:58 -0800 2009 6 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=210329