THE DARK IS RAISING这套书似乎也是一套比较经典的幻想故事，（至少肯定是比较经典的奇幻儿童文学）。
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Over Sea, Under Stone (1965)
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The Dark Is Rising (1973)
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The Grey King (1975)
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Silver on the Tree (1977)
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“The Dark Is Rising”曾获纽伯瑞银奖
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“The Grey King”曾获纽伯瑞金奖
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5个故事之间是有联系的，根据看到的关于这套书的评论，感觉故事之间的联系会比较类似“纳尼亚系列”。
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注：纽伯瑞奖一般被认为是儿童文学界的奥斯卡奖。其重要程度，嗯，自己想吧。。。
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这套书也是我现在比较想看的
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The Dark Is Rising is the name of a five-book series of children's novels by Susan Cooper originally published in the 1960s and 1970s. The series is written as contemporary fantasy, and depicts the struggle between the forces of good, called The Light, and the forces of evil, known as The Dark. The series is based on the Arthurian mythos, and is written primarily for older children and young adults. One of the books won the Newbery medal, and another was an honor book.
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5 f) b0 e+ F, e; W4 u: D0 kOver Sea, Under Stone
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Main article: Over Sea, Under Stone
5 K! }2 M' e; H9 D( J" X; ~& v% uThe characters in this book, which was published several years before the others, are younger than those in the rest of the series, and the issues are presented as less cosmic. Overall the book is aimed at younger readers more than the other four books in the series.
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3 Q3 z4 v N- d2 E% _In this tale, Susan Cooper introduces us to Merriman, a pivotal character for the forces of the Light and also ties him with three young mortal children in a quest by the sea which will lead them over sea and under stone to find a grail of legend to help the Light in its struggle against the Dark.
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The Dark Is Rising
" v' L' c# |( Q8 R* LIn this book, Will Stanton begins to have strange experiences on his eleventh birthday, just before Christmas. He soon learns he is one of the Old Ones, a guardian and warrior for The Light. He learns that he must help find the four Things of Power for The Light in order to battle the forces of The Dark.
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This book is the key book for the main character, Will Stanton. It is in this book that he joins one of the Things of Power, the Circle of Signs, by finding the additional five mandala (he has been given one earlier) and uses it to ward off the forces of The Dark.
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The book features elements of English folklore that are especially associated with the Thames Valley with Herne the Hunter making an appearance.
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This book received the 1974 Newbery Honor.
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Greenwitch
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This story returns to the characters introduced in Over Sea, Under Stone, uniting them with Will Stanton, and involves a quest for magic from beneath the sea.
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Jane Drew witnesses the creation of a ritualistic offering known as the 'Greenwitch', and senses both great power and great sadness in it. She wishes that the Greenwitch could be happy, and that wish has important consequences later when it turns out that the Greenwitch possesses something that will unlock the secrets of the Grail.
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% `5 x2 ^) @: z$ ]In this book, Will is sent to Wales to recuperate after an illness. Here he meets Bran, the Pendragon and befriends him. He must also awaken the Sleepers to fight the Dark.
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The Grey King was awarded the 1976 Newbery Medal.
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$ ^: ?" _4 x7 Y3 L1 tWelsh folklore is an important point in the book.
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Silver on the Tree
# | q" L& c; A( O% Q0 QAll of the main characters from the other books in the sequence come together in this book, some meeting each other for the first time, and the current struggle between the Light and the Dark is resolved. All immortal characters except Will Stanton leave the Earth forever. All the mortal characters lose all memory of any dealings with magic and the Old Ones. The Drews and Bran have snatches of something come back to them in dreams, though...
