"Too many kids in this family, that's what. There was no colour anywhere.”įirst Line: "Too many!" James shouted, and slammed the door behind him.
All the broad sky was grey, full of more snow that refused to fall.
Print Word PDF This section contains 496 words (approx. Further back there were only the flat fields of Dawson's farm, dimly white-striped. The Dark Is Rising Summary & Study Guide Susan Cooper This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Dark Is Rising. That wide grey sweep was the lawn, with the straggling trees of the orchard still dark beyond the white squares were the roofs of the garage, the old barn, the rabbit hutches, the chicken coops. The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the. Major Awards: Newbery Honor Award and two Carnegie Honor AwardsĪpproximate Word Count for the Five Book Series: 331,840 words - The average reader will spend 22 hours and 7 minutes reading The Dark Is Rising Sequence.īook Themes: Good vs Evil, Language and Communication, Fate vs Free Will, Power, Family On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift - that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. It's Midwinter's Eve, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. Reading Level: Lexile Measure 920L, Scholastic Guided Reading Level X The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 4.06 54,476 ratings2,812 reviews This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.
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