The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

The perfect book for the Christmas season. It is Midwinter's Eve, the night before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. Will is about to make a shocking discovery - that he is the last person to be born with the power of the Old Ones, and as a guardian of the Light he must begin a dangerous journey to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.

"Cooper has been writing richly imaginative works of fantasy for nearly four decadesHer books are critically acclaimed and she has a loyal and devoted following among readers" * Booktrusted.co.uk *

Susan Cooper is a world-renowned author of children's books. Born and brought up in England, she worked as a journalist before moving to America, where she now lives. Her fabulous The Dark Is Rising sequence has won the Newbery Medal and was twice shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her Boggart titles have won the Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award and been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Smarties Prize. King of Shadows was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. As well as writing novels, Susan Cooper writes successful plays, and screenplays for film and television.

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ISBN 13	9781849412704
ISBN 10	1849412707
Title	The Dark Is Rising
Author	Susan Cooper
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	2010-09-30
Number of pages	400
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