Grey King, The - Newbery Promo '99 (Cooper, Susan, Dark ...
 Will finally makes sense: Overall, the Dark Is Rising series hasn't really lived up to my expectations. It's good children's fantasy, but not great. This fourth book, though, is the best so far. Will, this time in Wales instead of Cornwall, continues his [... more]
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Dawn of Fear
Slough's war: What first drew me to this novel was the fact that Susan Cooper is from my hometown of Slough. When I was growing up in Shaggy Calf Lane in the Seventies, the bottom of our garden still had a rusting Anderson shelter that my siblings and I [... more]
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The Silver Cow: A Welsh Tale
Author: Susan Cooper Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2 EAN: 9780689715129 ISBN: 0689715129 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: 1991-09-30 Reading Level: Ages 4-8 [... more]
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The Dark Is Rising (Boxed Set): The Dark Is Rising, ...
Muddled, but Enjoyable: (Some Minor Spoilers below.) The Dark is Rising sequence is one of those ubiquitous book series that all children seem required to read, and although I had it on my "to-read" list, I never got to it as a kiddo. So, when [... more]
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The Dark Is Rising: Movie Tie-in Edition (The Dark Is ...
The dark is rising...: Susan Cooper has yet to equal "The Dark is Rising," the second book of her classic Dark is Rising Sequence. Too bad the movie adaptation looks like a hollow "Harry Potter" ripoff. That whole attitude betrays the [... more]
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The Dark Is Rising
Amazon.com Review: "When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Five will return, and one go alone." With these mysterious words, Will Stanton [... more]
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The Dark Is Rising Sequence, Book One: Over Sea, Under Stone
Good story, although a slow start: "Over Sea, Under Stone" is the first book in the "The Dark Is Rising" series, and it's a good start. Having said that, I'm enjoying the second book more; it's worth getting through some occasionally [... more]
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The Dark is Rising Sequence: "Over Sea, Under Stone"; ...
A classic series: Susan Cooper's "Dark is Rising" sequence has joined the Prydain Chronicles as timeless books that are technically for kids, but not necessarily JUST for kids. With her use of myth and folklore, rich language, and a time- [... more]
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Victory
V for Victory: Certain authors publish with an aura of definite mystique. Lloyd Alexander, for one, can still elicit a certain thrill when his books sit on a shelf. Ditto Philip Pullman. But of all these fellows, not a one of them can hold a candle to [... more]
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The Dark Is Rising Sequence, Book Two: The Dark Is Rising
Amazon.com Review: "When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Five will return, and one go alone." With these mysterious words, Will Stanton [... more]
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Dreams And Wishes: Essays on Writing for Children
The musings of a highly intelligent mind: Susan Cooper is probably best known for writing the superb Dark Is Rising sequence of five children's novels, one of which garnered the Newbery Medal and another a Newbery Honor. This book, however, is not [... more]
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Matthew's Dragon
A wonderful fantasy with adventure and danger overcome.: After Matthew's mother finishes reading to him, Matthew's dragon comes out of the book and leads Matthew (now small) on a silvery trail out his window. They are menaced by a neighbor cat but escape [... more]
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