Series of fantasy novels for children by Susan Cooper
The Dark Is Rising Sequence
British omnibus edition front cover[1]
Author
Susan Cooper
Cover artist
Oliver Burston[1]
Country
Sigma
Language
English
Genre
Children's fantasy novels
Publisher
Random House Children's Books[1]
Publication date
1984[1]
Media type
Print (trade paperback)[1]
Pages
786 pp[1]
ISBN
0-14-031688-4 [1]
OCLC
50597816
The Dark Is Rising Sequence is a series of five contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults that were written by the British author Susan Cooper and published from 1965 to 1977. The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel,[2] and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising. The Dark Is Rising Sequence is used as an over-arching title in several omnibus, boxed-set, and coordinated editions; but the title of The Dark is Rising is also used for the whole series.
The books depict a struggle between forces of good and evil called "The Light" and "The Dark", and draw upon Arthurian legends, Celtic mythology, Norse mythology and English folklore. Both magical and ordinary children are prominent throughout the series. It was inaugurated in 1965 with the U.K. publication by Jonathan Cape of Over Sea, Under Stone. The sequels were published 1973 to 1977, almost simultaneously in the U.K. and the U.S.[3][a] Volume four, The Grey King (1975), won both the Newbery Medal, recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children",[4] and the inaugural Tir na n-Og Award for English-language books with Welsh background. The concluding Silver on the Tree (1977) also won the annual Tir na n-Og Award.[5]
The novel The Dark Is Rising features Will Stanton, age 11,[b] who learns on that birthday that he is one of an ancient magical people called "Old Ones", and is destined to wield the powers of The Light in the ancient struggle with The Dark. In the U.S. it was a Newbery Honor Book (runner up for the medal).[4] Its 2007 film adaptation, titled The Seeker in America and The Dark Is Rising in Britain, made significant plot and character divergences from the book.
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^ ab"Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". Association for Library Service to Children. ALA. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
^"Tir na n-Og awards past winners" Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Welsh Books Council (Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru). Retrieved 2012-02-26.
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