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The Dark Is Rising

Susan Cooper

First published April 1973
Type Novel
Series The Dark Is Rising #2

Synopsis

From the copyright page: On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1973 Carnegie Medal for Writing Carnegie Medal Nominee/Finalist
1974 John Newbery Medal Newbery Medal Nominee/Finalist
1974 Mythopoeic Award Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee/Finalist

Publications (58)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1973 Cover The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
May 1973 Cover The Dark Is Rising Chatto & Windus Novel
February 1974 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
September 1974 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
February 1975 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
December 1975 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
1976 Cover The Dark Is Rising Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Novel
January 1976 Cover The Dark Is Rising Aladdin / Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
September 1976 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
June 1977 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
March 1978 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
November 1978 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
1979 Cover The Dark Is Rising Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Novel 11
October 1979 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
1980 Cover The Dark Is Rising Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Novel 11
April 1981 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
June 1982 The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
1984 Cover The Dark Is Rising The Bodley Head Novel
1984 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence Puffin Omnibus
1984 Cover The Dark Is Rising Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Novel
January 1984 Cover The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry / Atheneum Novel
April 1986 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence Puffin Omnibus
October 1986 Cover The Dark Is Rising Collier Books Novel
January 1987 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence Puffin Omnibus
April 1988 The Dark Is Rising Windrush Novel
January 1989 The Dark Is Rising Macmillan Education Novel
December 1989 Cover The Dark Is Rising Scholastic Novel
1990 Cover The Dark Is Rising Scholastic Novel
1990 Cover The Dark Is Rising Scholastic Novel
1993 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence Collier Books Omnibus
September 1994 The Dark Is Rising Red Fox / Random House (UK) Novel
September 1994 Cover The Dark Is Rising Puffin Novel |1
September 1996 Cover The Dark Is Rising GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Omnibus
September 1999 Cover The Dark Is Rising Aladdin Paperbacks / Simon & Schuster Novel
September 1999 Cover The Dark Is Rising Aladdin Paperbacks / Simon & Schuster Novel
July 2000 Cover The Dark Is Rising Listening Library Novel
March 2001 Cover The Dark Is Rising Thorndike Press Novel
July 2002 Cover The Dark Is Rising Aladdin Paperbacks / Simon & Schuster Novel
October 2003 Cover The Dark Is Rising Listening Library Novel
May 2005 Cover The Dark Is Rising Aladdin Novel
October 2005 Cover The Dark Is Rising Listening Library Novel
August 2007 Cover The Dark Is Rising Aladdin Paperbacks / Simon & Schuster Novel
August 2007 The Dark Is Rising Sequence Aladdin Paperbacks / Simon & Schuster Omnibus
August 2007 Cover The Dark Is Rising Listening Library Novel
September 2007 The Dark Is Rising Simon Pulse Novel
September 2007 Cover The Dark Is Rising Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Novel
October 2007 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence The Bodley Head Omnibus 163
October 2007 Cover The Dark Is Rising Scholastic Novel 1
2008 The Dark Is Rising The Easton Press Novel
August 2010 Cover The Dark Is Rising: The Complete Sequence Margaret K. McElderry Books Omnibus
September 2010 Cover The Dark Is Rising Red Fox Novel
June 2013 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree Margaret K. McElderry Books Omnibus
June 2013 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree Margaret K. McElderry Books Omnibus
August 2013 Cover The Dark Is Rising Vintage (UK) Novel
November 2019 Cover The Dark Is Rising Puffin Novel |1
November 2023 Cover The Dark Is Rising Margaret K. McElderry Books Novel
December 2023 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence Margaret K. McElderry Books Omnibus |2
December 2023 Cover The Dark Is Rising Sequence Margaret K. McElderry Books Omnibus |2