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| Original Title: | The Grey King |
| ISBN: | 1416949674 (ISBN13: 9781416949671) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Dark Is Rising #4 |
| Characters: | Will Stanton, Bran Davies, Owen Davies, The Brenin Llwyd, Caradog Prichard |
| Setting: | Wales |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal (1976), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1977), Tir na n-Og Award (1976) |
Susan Cooper
Paperback | Pages: 165 pages Rating: 4.18 | 35080 Users | 871 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising #4) |
| Author | : | Susan Cooper |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 165 pages |
| Published | : | May 8th 2007 by Margaret K. McElderry Books (first published 1975) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Mythology. Arthurian. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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"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 Sleepers - six noble riders who have slept for centuries. But an illness has robbed Will of nearly all his knowledge of the Old Ones, and he is left only with a broken riddle to guide him in his task. As Will travels blindly through the hills, his journey will bring him face-to-face with the most powerful Lord of the Dark - the Grey King. The King holds the harp and Sleepers within his lands, and there has yet to be a force strong enough to tear them from his grasp...Rating Epithetical Books The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising #4)
Ratings: 4.18 From 35080 Users | 871 ReviewsAssessment Epithetical Books The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising #4)
boy meets boy; antics ensue.boy with Old soul meets boy with dog with old soul; old king wishes they never met.sick boy with too many siblings meets sickly boy with some serious father issues.little weirdo meets his match in another little weirdo; the latter teaches the former how to pronounce Welsh words.super-powered boy meets albino boy with golden eyes; the former teaches the latter the meaning of friendship, power, and why old kings are bad news for everyone.Ancient Immortal Being meets BoyI'm beginning to think that this series would be better titled The Dark is Stumbling Around Awkwardly Without Ever Accomplishing Much. In this volume our heroes take on the Grey King, a villain who we're reminded every other paragraph is more powerful and evil than any other encountered so far.Despite this impressive reputation, the most evil things he manages to accomplish are (a) killing a few sheep and (b) making one small patch of ground briefly change shape. He also seems to have it out for
This is one of the most well-written young adult books I've ever read. They don't write 'em like this anymore! There's a reason Susan Cooper won the Newbery Medal for this. Her incredible, melodic descriptive language and her ability to interweave history, mythology, legend, and good old-fashioned fiction bring this book far beyond a traditional "boy with special powers" book. If you appreciate the English language and if you have an interest in history and legend, this one is for you. Susan
*Happy sigh* I just finished rereading this one again last night. With the exception of the first book in the Dark is Rising series, I love all of them -- atmospheric, dreamy, and creepy, the lot of them. And steeped in old folklore and told in lovely prose so that they feel like they grew out of the ground instead of being written by a modern author. I cannot recommend them highly enough . . . but do read them in order.
The Grey King is possibly my favourite book of the sequence, and definitely one of my favourite books of all time. The things I noticed in this read through -- my full review, more of an overview of all the times I've read it, is here -- were mostly about the Welshness of it, and about the complexities of Will's relationship with the Light and humanity, and how exactly Bran is related to the Light.John Rowlands' little speech about the coldness at the heart of the Light always strikes me -- it's
2018 ReviewThe Grey King by Susan Cooper is the third (or fourth) book in her Dark is Rising series. Will Stanton must continue his quest to find the Things of Power to help the Light in their power against the Dark. A serious illness sends him to an uncle's sheep farm in Wales to recuperate. There he meets Bran, a very strange boy, and his faithful canine companion Cafall. They both are important to Wills quest. Even though I like this book, I dread reading it because of the terrible thing that
It's pretty much a tradition for me now to reread this series at this time of year, so I wanted to get it done before we move into 2013. The 2012 reread of The Dark is Rising sees me struggling with anxiety and depression issues, and I nearly didn't get round to reading this, this year. But it is my comfort reading, so it was a good idea that I just planted myself firmly down with the book in hand today -- the same old battered copy as always, of course.To my mind, this is the point in the
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