Silver on the Tree

Brief Description: Will Stanton, the Welsh boy Bran, and the Drew children try to locate the crystal sword that alone can vanquish the strong forces of the Dark. Review Quotes: Psychology Today "Susan Cooper is one of the few contemporary writers who has the vivid imagination, the narrative powers, and the moral vision that permit her to create the kind of sweeping conflict between good and evil that lies at the heart of all great fantasy. Tolkien had it. So did C. S. Lewis. And Cooper writes in the same tradition."Marc Notes: Will Stanton, the Welsh boy Bran, and the Drew children try to locate the crystal sword that alone can vanquish the strong forces of the Dark.; 8; Ages 9-13. Publisher Marketing: The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton -- last-born of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with this ageless master Merriman and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn in with them are the three Drew children, who are mortal, but have their own vital part in the story. These six fight fear and death in the darkly brooding Welsh hills, in a quest through time and space that touches the most ancient myths of the British Isles, and that brings Susan Cooper's masterful sequence of novels to a satysfying close. Review Citations:

Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2002 pg. 357 (EAN 9780807206799, Analog Audio Cassette)

School Library Journal 07/01/2002 (EAN 9780807206799, Analog Audio Cassette)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 526 (EAN 9780689711527, Mass Market Paperbound)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 526 (EAN 9780689500886, Hardcover)

Wilson Children's Catalog 96 01/01/1996 pg. 526 (EAN 9780606022576, Prebound-Other)

Contributor Bio:  Cooper, Susan SUSAN COOPER is the Newbery Award-winning author of dozens of books, including "The Boggart "and the acclaimed The Dark Is Rising series.