It's Christmas time in the Stanton family house: carol singing, good cheer. But for eleven-year-old Will Stanton something sinister has begun, inching round his subconscious, shouting silent warnings he can't decipher. Then on Midwinter Day Will wakes up to a different world - silent, covered in sno[...]
Offers a fresh look at the Battle of Trafalgar. This book tells the interwoven stories of Sam and Molly. Sam is kidnapped to serve aboard HMS Victory. First, he is terrified, but gradually, he is transformed into a sailor to fight at the battle. Molly is an English girl forced to leave London and li[...]
On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that -- the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in searc[...]
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. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day a[...]
Nat Field's short life has been shadowed by loss and horror. His one escape is his talent for acting, and he has been picked by a dazzling international director to perform at Shakespeare's Globe, London's amazing new copy of the theater for which William Shakespeare wrote his plays four hundred yea[...]
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. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day [...]
Simon, Jane, and Barney, enlisted by their mysterious great-uncle, arrive in a small coastal town to recover a priceless golden grail stolen by the forces of evil -- Dark. They are not at first aware of the strange powers of another boy brought to help, Will Stanton -- nor of the sinister significan[...]
On holiday in Cornwall, the three Drew children discover an ancient map in the attic of the house that they are staying in. They know immediately that it is special. It is even more than that -- the key to finding a grail, a source of power to fight the forces of evil known as the Dark. And in searc[...]
Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to London to perform "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in a new replica of the famous Globe theater.
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When the magician's apprentice loses the Saint George puppet, the angry magician sends the boy to the strange Land of Story to find Saint George, and he ends up meeting--and helping--a number of familiar fairy tale characters during his quest.[...]
When the magician's apprentice loses the Saint George puppet, the angry magician sends the boy to the strange Land of Story to find Saint George, and he ends up meeting--and helping--a number of familiar fairy tale characters during his quest. Reprint.[...]
"I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU CHILDREN WOULD BE THE ONES TO FIND IT. OR WHAT DANGER YOU WOULD BE PUTTING YOURSELVES IN."
Throughout time, the forces of good and evil have battled continuously, maintaining the "balance." Whenever evil forces grow too powerful, a champion of good is called to drive th[...]
"WHEN THE DARK COMES RISING, SIX SHALL TURN THEM BACK...."
When Will Stanton wakes up on the morning of his birthday, he discovers an unbelievable gift -- he is immortal. Bemused and terrified, he finds he is the last of the Old Ones, magical men and women sworn to protect the world from the so[...]
""Fire on the Mountain Shall Find the Harp of Gold Played to Wake the Sleepers, Oldest of the Old...""
With the final battle between the Light and the Dark soon approaching, Will sets out on a quest to call for aid. Hidden within the Welsh hills is a magical harp that he must use to wake the Sl[...]
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"And Where the Midsummer Tree Grows Tall by Pendragon's Sword the Dark Shall Fall."
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The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. Six individuals have come together to drive it back for good: Will, the Sign seeker; Bran, the raven boy; Jane, Simon, and Barne[...]
Five novels follow the story of William, an eleven-year-old boy who is the seventh son of a seventh son, as he searches for six magical amulets in order to save the world from the threatening evil of the Dark.[...]
Jim Dale reads Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper's story of adventure and friendship between a young Native American and a colonial New England settler.
On the winter day Little Hawk is sent into the woods alone, he can take only a bow and arrows, his handcrafted tomahawk, and the amazing metal knif[...]
Susan Cooper's award-winning Dark Is Rising sequence, which has delighted fantasy readers for over forty years, can be found for the first time in one brilliant volume
The relentless battle between the Light and the Dark has raged since the beginning of time. Neither side has ever been able to [...]
In this classic adventure from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper, two strangers embark on a quest for the sea that s filled with mystery, fantasy, and danger.His name is West. Her name is Cally. They speak different languages and come from different countries thousands of miles apart, but they do not kn[...]
In this classic adventure from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper, two strangers embark on a quest for the sea that s filled with mystery, fantasy, and danger.His name is West. Her name is Cally. They speak different languages and come from different countries thousands of miles apart, but they do not kn[...]