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Paperback
Published: 1st October 2013
Paperback
Published: 25th April 2023
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Published: 30th May 2023
The Dark is Rising: 50th Anniversary Edition
By (Author) Susan Cooper
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
25th April 2023
14th November 2019
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
384
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
268g
The highly acclaimed Dark Is Rising sequence reissued with stunning new covers This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining. It's Midwinter's Eve, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers that he has the power of the Old Ones, and that he must embark on a quest to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.
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 classic 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 has written for the theatre and for television. Her website is at www.thelostland.com and her Facebook is at www.facebook.com/SusanCooperFanPage