num_pages: 272
description: An eleven-year-old boy searches for six magical signs in order to save the world from the threatening evil of the Dark.
language: English
title: The Dark Is Rising
titlecomplete: The Dark Is Rising
characters: Merry Lyon, Will Stanton
genres: Adventure, Classics, Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Arthurian, Audiobook, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 54914
series: The Dark Is Rising
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books