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Greenwitch (The Dark Is Rising Sequence) by: Susan Cooper Childrens Bookshop Price: $25.00 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio Cassette EAN: 9780807262085 Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 0807262080 Label: Listening Library Manufacturer: Listening Library Number Of Items: 3 Publication Date: November 27, 2001 Publisher: Listening Library Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: November 27, 2001 Studio: Listening Library Sales Rank: 952618 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Read by Alex Jennings approx. 4.5 hours 3 cassettes Simon, Jane and Barney, enlisted by their mysterious great uncle, arrive in a small coastal town to help recover a priceless golden grail stolen by the forces of evil, the Dark. They are not a first aware of the strange powers of another boy brought to help, Will Stanton—nor of the sinister significance of the Greenwitch, an image of leaves and branches that for centuries has been cast into the sea for good luck in fishing and harvest. Their search for the grail sets into motion a series of disturbing, sometimes dangerous events that, at their climax, bring forh a gift that, for a time at least, will keep the Dark from rising. Alex Jennings has a long list of credits in British theatre, television, and film. He has also worked with the BBC Radio Repertory Company. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wonderfully spookyThis may be a book that delves into the world of Arthurian legend, but it is handled pragmatically, with all the charm Susan Cooper can usually muster. Here, Simon, Jane, and Barney are lead to the strange world of British folklore and peasantry and the odd traditions that they have. But there is truth and magic behind these ceremonies, and it creates a delightful and spooky tale. Rating:  - The burning man ... the drowning womanThe Wicker Man , sometimes called the burning man, is in modern times associated with Wicca, but comes from the Druidic traditions of the early Celts. Here a woman's weaving of a wicker woman is the main plot theme called the Green witch. For me this seems kind of a made up fantasy that doesn't have the intricate design of an Alan Garner novel. I think it is unhealthy as well to associate the Dark with a gypsy. There is enough prejudice associated with them already. ... Read More: Rating: - Third in The Dark is Rising SeriesThe Dark is Rising is a wonderful classic fantasy series, and 'Greenwitch' (Book 3) brings together the characters from Books 1 and 2, as the powers of the Light continue on their quest to overcome the Dark. The Drew children, Simon, Jane and Barney, central to the story in 'Over Sea Under Stone' (Book 1) come back into the plot, returning to Trewissick with their Great Uncle Merry for a week of their Easter Holidays. They are on a mission to recover the celtic golden chalice they found ... Read More: Rating: - Best so farThis is the third book in the "Dark Is Rising" series, and I think it's the best of the three. There weren't any slow sections (unlike the first book), and the use of magic made sense (unlike the second book). "Greenwitch" blends the Drew-children-solving-a-mystery plot from Book 1 with the Will-and-Uncle-Merry-use-magic elements from Book 2, and the combination keeps Book 3 moving along at a good pace. This series just isn't as complex as the Narnia books, or as well written as the Harry Potter books, ... Read More: Rating: - Super ReaderA very short section of the Dark is Rising sequence, and probably limited at that. The Drew children are reunited, and a bit older and more mature, having arrived from different places for a short break. This book focuses on them, and in particular Jane, who becomes an important element in finding what the Old Ones, and their agents, the Drews, are after. Together, the warriors of Light must recover the Grail, or all is lost. Will Stanton and Merriman Lyon are also here, and Will ... Read More: |
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