The dark is rising / Susan Cooper.
On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers an astounding gift -- that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals who fight to keep the powers of evil, the Dark, from taking over the world. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the final battle between the Light and the Dark. But the Dark has already sent out the Rider -- evil cloaked in black, mounted on a midnight stallion -- and has far worse in store. Will must find the six great signs -- wood, bronze, iron, water, fire, and stone -- before the Dark begins its dreadful rise.
Record details
- ISBN: 0689303173
- ISBN: 9780689303173
- Physical Description: 296 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2013]
- Copyright: ©1973
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Following sequel: Greenwitch.Includes a Note from the author/Introduction.Sequel to: Over sea, under stone.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part One: The finding -- Midwinter's Eve -- The sign seeker -- The walker on the old way -- Part Two: The learning -- Christmas Eve -- The book of Gramarye -- Betrayal -- Christmas -- Part Three: The testing -- The coming of the cold -- The hawk in the dark -- The king of fire and water -- The hunt rides again -- The joining of the signs.
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 8-12.920L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 13 109.Accelerated Reading 13.0.Lexile 920L.
- Awards Note:
- Newbery Honor Book, 1974.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | JUV FIC COOPER (Text) | 36015001414669 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 08/10/2026 |
| Forsyth Central | J Cooper, Susan (Text) | 0112580006932 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | J FIC COO (Text) | 31420621194011 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | JF Coo (Text) | 30308101261072 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | J FIC Cooper Susan (Text) | 30519004910801 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | J FIC Cooper Susan (Text) | 30519020267160 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Hoke County Public Library | J FIC COOPER (Text) | 28198000530998 | Juvenile Storage Fiction | Available | - |
| King Public Library | JF COOPER (Text) | 30094100428025 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Macon County Public Library | J COOPER (Text) | 39493110546282 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library | J FIC COO (Text) | 31421621062935 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
