I remember reading The Dark is Rising for school in elementary school.  I think I probably read the other books at about the same time, having ordered them through one of those Scholastic book clubs. 

I miss those book clubs.  It was so great to take those newsprint pages home, pick out books, and take the flimsy little order form to school to hand in.  It meant that pretty soon, boxes would arrive in my classroom, and when the sorting was done there would be a beautiful new pile of books with my name on it.  This was a fairly regular procedure at school.  Alas!  I'm not ten anymore. 

Books by Susan Cooper

(O=own, R=read, E=enjoyed)

The Boggart The Boggart and the Monster (Sequel to The Boggart) Danny and the Kings The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising 1) (ORE) Dawn of Fear Frog Green Boy Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising 2) (ORE) The Grey King (The Dark is Rising 3) (ORE) King of Shadows Matthew's Dragon Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising Prequel) (ORE) Seaward The Selkie Girl The Silver Cow: A Welsh Tale Silver on the Tree (The Dark is Rising 4) (ORE)

Links

• Great website! Beautiful pages with lots of information!
• Interview with Susan Cooper
• Interview with Susan Cooper for kids (It's very, uh, terse.)
• About Susan Cooper and her writing by Susan Cooper
• Review of The Dark is Rising for kids
• Long review of the Dark is Rising books
• Another one
• Review of Green Boy  (Sounds like an absolutely terrible book! Yuck!)
• Fantastic Fiction Site (A favorite resource.)
• Sci-Fan Site (Another useful resource.)
• Global Network of Dreams (Other authors you might like.)

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