The Dark Is Rising (The Dark Is Rising #2)
Susan Cooper
4.08 · 33 ratings · Published: 26 Apr 1973
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.
The second novel in Susan Cooper's highly acclaimed Dark is Rising sequence.
- fantasy 4
- action / adventure 3
- classics 3
- magic 3
- folktales & legends 3
- arthurian 3
- children 3
- time travel 2
- urban fantasy 2
- epic 2
- coming of age 2
- 20th century 2
- supernatural 2
- family 2
- mystery 2
- paranormal 2
- winter 1
- historical fiction 1
- magical realism 1
- contemporary 1
- dark 1
- quest/mission 1
- retellings 1
- low fantasy 1
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- young adult 3
- middle grade 3
- audiobook 2
- book 1
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The 'The Dark Is Rising' series
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myths · 20th-century · book · middle-grade · coming-of-age · children · classics · paranormal · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · literary · young-adult · historical-fiction · magic · audiobook · retellings · epic · arthurian · children-books · mystery
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