false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544896m/24963.jpg 24963 21 Simon, Jane, and Barney, enlisted by their mysterious great-uncle, arrive in a small coastal town to recover a priceless golden grail stolen by the forces of evil -- Dark. They are not at first aware of the strange powers of another boy brought to help, Will Stanton -- nor of the sinister significance of the Greenwitch, an image of leaves and branches that for centuries has been cast into the sea for good luck in fishing and harvest.<P>Their search for the grail sets into motion a series of distubing, sometimes dangerous events that, at their climax, bring forth a gift that, for a time at least, will keep the Dark from rising.<P> <P> 1258632 book 1974 Greenwitch (Dark Is Rising, Book 3) total:3200|5:905|4:1216|3:918|2:147|1:14| 3200 12451 3997 136 5 1 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:22:55 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 19:40:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 24 12:32:26 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 12:58:56 -0700 2009
The Grail which the Drews found in Over Sea Under Stone...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 29 16:54:03 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 16:56:21 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 20:01:01 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 15:16:31 -0700 2009 Greenwitch, the third book in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence, the Drew children and Will Stanton meet in Trewissick and work together to recover the lost manuscript and the golden grail. As I read deeper into the series, I find that the books are continuously improving, and I felt tha...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 18:22:50 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 06:44:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:22:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:27:42 -0700 2009
But as an adult, I can't help but see flaws in them. The characters, in common with those in many classic children's books, are more ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 21:47:44 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 22:01:39 -0700 2009 The Dark Is Rising and their ignorance of the events of the first book give the reader a rather delicious sense of fun in being on the "in" with Merrima...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 11:48:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 21:41:12 -0700 2009 Over Sea Under Stone. It was a good read, after I was a little disappointed with the second book, The Dark is Rising. The mystery of what the good is fighting for is still being revealed. I liked the tie-in to t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 07 08:08:20 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 01 19:00:35 -0700 2009
The...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 09:34:31 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 15:20:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Mar 19 10:34:31 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 12:00:40 -0700 2008 Title: Greenwitch
Genre: mystery, fantasy
Publication Info: Simon & Schuster Children’s Books. New York. 1974.
Recommended Age: 8 to 13

Plot Summary: When Simon, Jane, and Barnabas Drew find out that the ancient Celtic artifact they had found the...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 21:37:31 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 21:43:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 13:06:32 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:20:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:10:09 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 15:15:14 -0800 2008 2 Greenwitch has some of that middle-of-a-series feeling - I don't think I would have understood what was going on if I hadn't read both Over Sea Under Stone and The Dark Is Rising, let alone enjoyed it. (I actually remember being c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 10:21:43 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 10:00:52 -0800 2007 Over Sea Under Stone. It also features the combination of - and occasional clash between - the two sets of characters. Simon, Jane and Barney find Will Stanton unexpec...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 07:47:05 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 15:36:21 -0800 2009
Apparently, when the dark comes rising, six will turn it back. Three from the circle, three from the t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Mon Nov 16 17:23:20 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 17:23:20 -0800 2009 J.K. Row...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 11:16:18 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 18:01:34 -0700 2007 Dark Is Rising books that I own(ed); I made myself read it before I could allow myself to give them away. There was exciting crossover potential!!!1! in the Drews meeting Will, but they actually didn't interact very much; I'm not even really sure why Will was there. Or what ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 09 09:03:50 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 15:24:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Mon Jun 22 07:14:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 07:14:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24963