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| Author | Susan Cooper |
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| Illustrator | Alan E. Cober |
| Series | The Dark Is Rising Sequence |
| Publisher | Atheneum Press |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Pages | 216 |
| Awards | Newbery Honor |
| LC Class | PZ7.C7878 Dar3 |
| Preceded by | Over Sea, Under Stone |
| Followed by | Greenwitch |
The Dark Is Rising is a 1973 children's fantasy novel by Susan Cooper. The second in The Dark Is Rising Sequence, the book won a Newbery Honor. It has been described as a "folkloric tale of an English boy caught in a battle between light and dark".[1]
- ^ Macfarlane, Robert (3 December 2022). "Midwinter magic: Robert Macfarlane on the enduring power of The Dark Is Rising". The Guardian.