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About The Book
Will Stanton must face a powerful agent of the Dark in this Newbery Medal–winning fourth installment of Susan Cooper’s epic The Dark Is Rising Sequence, now with a brand-new look!
There is a Welsh legend about a harp of gold, hidden away within a certain hill, that will be found by a boy and a white dog with silver eyes—a dog that can see the wind.
Will Stanton knows nothing of this when he comes to Wales to recover from a severe illness. But when he meets the strange boy Bran and his white dog, memory wakes in Will. For Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil, the Dark. It is his task to use the golden harp to wake the six who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hills to prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light. But first, with help from Bran, Will must face his most terrifying opponent yet: the Grey King.
There is a Welsh legend about a harp of gold, hidden away within a certain hill, that will be found by a boy and a white dog with silver eyes—a dog that can see the wind.
Will Stanton knows nothing of this when he comes to Wales to recover from a severe illness. But when he meets the strange boy Bran and his white dog, memory wakes in Will. For Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil, the Dark. It is his task to use the golden harp to wake the six who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hills to prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light. But first, with help from Bran, Will must face his most terrifying opponent yet: the Grey King.
Product Details
- Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (February 15, 2002)
- Length: 224 pages
- ISBN13: 9780689847837
- Grades: 3 - 7
- Ages: 8 - 12
- Lexile ® 930L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®
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Awards and Honors
- ALA Newbery Medal
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- Horn Book Fanfare
- Agatha Award Finalist
- Carnegie Medal Honor Book
- African Studies Assn Child Bk Awd Honor
- ALA Mildred L. Batchelder Award
- Gateway Readers Award (MO)
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- Author Photo (jpg): Susan Cooper Photograph © Tsar Fedorsky Photography 2013(0.1 MB)
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