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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 10 year old boy must save the world from emminent doom by the dark. late elementary and early middle school. (  )aletadimas | Jun 22, 2009 |  1   This book is one of my perennial favorites. Forget the movie--the book, as usual, is so much better. It is possible to start with either this book or Over Sea, Under Stone. Young Will battles against the forces of evil that sneak in all too close to family and loved ones. The wintery show down is exciting and the entire book kept me on the edge of my seat. (  )lilygirl | Jun 22, 2009 | 2 Part of a quintet of fantasy stories about the eternal struggle between the forces of good and evil with which Will and his friends find themselves involved. Will finds on his eleventh birthday that he is the last of the Old Ones, and is destined to carry on the battle. cranbrook | May 13, 2009 | 1 I LOVE this series. I read the first one, Under sea, Over Stone, in a book group and then continued wth the rest of the series later on. They are well written and enchanting. This is my favorite in the series. ( )Miranda_Paige | May 5, 2009 | 2 This book was kind of choppy to me. It was kind of difficult to understand everything that was going on, and none of the characters were all that interesting to me. I liked the first book better, I think. I bailed on the series after this book. But, I will say that the author has skill and that I read this in bursts here and there instead of continuously. Some people might really like her style. I just didn't. (  )ComposerTP | Apr 28, 2009 | 1 0.021 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0689710879, Mass Market Paperback)"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back,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 (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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