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Dark Is Rising (Dark is Rising Sequence #2) by Susan Cooper
Category: Children's Fiction
It's mid-winter's Eve, the day before Will's 11th birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. And why does Mr Dawson the farmer give him an iron talisman, as if for protection?
Dawn of Fear by Susan Cooper
Category: Accessories
Sirens are blaring. Families huddle in bomb shelters. A nearby city is in flames. For Derek and his friends, night-time air raids are a normal part of everyday life. When a particularly violent raid closes their school for a few days, the boys use the time to complete construction of their secret camp. ...Show more
Greenwitch (Dark is Rising Sequence #3) by Susan Cooper
Category: Young Adult | Series: Dark Is Rising
This is the third book in the fantasy series, "The Dark Is Rising". The children are on holiday in Cornwall, still on the quest for the stolen grail. Jane goes to the ancient ceremony when the Greenwitch is pitched into the sea, and she makes a perilous wish - but one which unexpectedly brings great goo ...Show more
Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising Sequence #3) by Susan Cooper
Category: Children's Classics | Series: The Dark Is Rising Sequence
In their desperate quest to find the grail, stolen by the forces of the Dark, the Drew children have returned to Trewissick. One night, in a strange ceremony, Jane watches the village women construct the Greenwitch: an ancient offering to the sea. Overcome by the Greenwitch's power, Jane makes a perilo ...Show more
Haunted: Ghost Stories to Chill Your Blood by Susan Cooper
Category: Young Adult
Matt Haig, Derek Landy, Philip Reeve, Joseph Delaney, Susan Cooper, Mal Peet, Berlie Doherty, Robin Jarvis, Eleanor Updale, Jamila Gavin and Sam Llewellyn have come together to bring you eleven spine-tingling stories. Watch your step as you take a ghost walk around the ancient city of York and a long-ag ...Show more
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Category: Education
Nat is a young actor performing as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. As the rehearsals intensify, Nat's health begins to fail and the cast is horrified to hear that he has been rushed to hospital with bubonic plague.
King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Category: Children's Classics
"I lay very still, with all my senses telling me that I had gone mad. The plague? Nobody's had the plague for centuries . . . Nathan Field, a talented young actor, arrives at the newly rebuilt Globe Theatre in London to play Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. As rehearsals begin, eerie echoes of the pas ...Show more
Over Sea, Under Stone (#1 The Dark is Rising Sequence) by Susan Cooper
Category: Children's Classics | Series: The Dark Is Rising Sequence
On holiday in Cornwall, Simon, Jane and Barney Drew discover an ancient map in the attic of the Grey House, where they are staying with their mysterious Great-Uncle Merry. They know immediately that it is special. But it is much more than just a map. It is the start of a quest to find a grail, a source ...Show more
Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising #1) by Susan Cooper
Category: Children's Classics | Series: The Dark Is Rising
On holiday in Cornwall, Simon, Jane and Barney Drew discover an ancient map in the attic of the Grey House, where they are staying with their mysterious Great-Uncle Merry. They know immediately that it is special. But it is much more than just a map. It is the start of a quest to find a grail, a source ...Show more
Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising #1 ) by Susan Cooper; David Wiesner (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: The\Dark Is Rising Sequence Ser.
Three English children find clues to an ancient treasure linked to King Arthur and suddenly find themselves in deadly danger, pursued by forces of ancient evil. "A wonderfully well-told story."--The Horn Book