The Dark Is Rising
by Susan Cooper • Book 2 of the Dark is Rising Sequence
Susan Cooper's award-winning Dark Is Rising sequence, which has delighted fantasy... read more
19 Total Resources 4 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 1968
Word Count 82,143
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 109, 13.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Cornwall (England : County)--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Space and time--Fiction
- Good and evil--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- England
- Cornwall (England: County)
- Fantasy
- Wales--Fiction
- Stanton, Will (Fictitious character)
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- England--Fiction
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Cooper
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 7
Interview with Susan Cooper
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Susan Cooper
Created by University of Rochester Library
Interview with Susan Cooper
Created by NPR
Interview with Susan Cooper
Created by Library of Congress
Margaret A. Edwards Speech given by Susan Cooper
Created by Young Adult Library Services Association - YALSA
Interview with Susan Cooper
Created by Publishers Weekly
2011 National Book Festival with Susan Cooper
Created by Library of Congress
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Alex Jennings
Created by Books On TapeŽ / Listening Library
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Susan Cooper
Created by NPR
Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 4
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2021
Honor, 1974
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2020
Finalist, 1974
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2021
Winner, 1973
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