![]() ![]() As a child, she loved to read, as did her younger brother, who also became a writer. Susan Cooper was born in 1935, and grew up in England's Buckinghamshire, an area that was green countryside then but has since become part of Greater London. Susan Cooper's latest book is the YA novel "Ghost Hawk" (2013) Among many other prestigious awards, The Dark Is Rising is a Newbery Honor Book and a Carnegie Medal Honor Book. ![]() No one can stop at just one of her thrilling fantasy novels. Tolkien in her ability to deliver a moral vision in the context of breathtaking adventure. Susan Cooper, in her five-title Dark Is Rising sequence, creates a world where the conflict between good and evil reaches epic proportions. 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. ![]() ![]() 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. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. Three from the circle, three from the track įive will return, and one go alone." With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. "When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, Omnibus version of the Dark is Rising series including Over Sea Under Stone, The Dark is Rising, Greenwitch, The Grey King, and Silver on the Tree. ![]()
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