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The Dark is Rising Box Set by Susan Cooper
Dark is Rising Box Set
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.3-6.2. Author: Susan Cooper. Key Awards: Newbery Medal. Carnegie Medal Honor.

The Dark Is Rising is the name of a five-book series of children's novels by Susan Cooper originally published in the 1960s and 1970s. The series is written as contemporary fantasy, and depicts the struggle between the forces of good, called The Light, and the forces of evil, known as The Dark. The series is based on the Arthurian mythos, and is written primarily for older children and young adults. One of the books won the Newbery medal, and another was an honor book. The Dark Is Rising is also the title of the second book in the series, whose main character is an eleven-year-old boy who learns that he is an Old One, destined to wield the powers of The Light in an ancient struggle with The Dark. Children, both magical and ordinary, feature prominently in the struggle portrayed in the five books.
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Over Sea, Under Stone
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Levels: 5.4. Author: Susan Cooper.

OVER THE SEA, UNDER THE STONE is the first book in The Dark is Rising book series, a set of classics written in the 1960's and 1970's.

Three children on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the Dark.

In this tale, Susan Cooper introduces us to Merriman, a pivotal character for the forces of the Light and also ties him with the three young mortal children in a quest by the sea which will lead them over sea and under stone to find a grail of legend to help the Light in its struggle against the Dark.