num_pages: 224
description: There is a Welsh legend about a harp of gold, hidden within a certain hill, that will be found by a boy and a white dog with silver eyes -- a dog that can see the wind. Will Stanton knew nothing of this when he came to Wales to recover from a severe illness. But when he met Bran, a strange boy who owned a white dog, he began to remember. For Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil, the Dark. And it is Will's task to wake-with the golden harp -- the six who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hills to prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light.
language: English
title: The Grey King
titlecomplete: The Grey King
characters: Will Stanton, The Brenin Llwyd, Caradog Prichard, Owen Davies, Bran Davies
genres: Middle Grade, Mythology, Childrens, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Fantasy, Adventure, Fiction, Arthurian
ratings_count: 38382
places: Wales
series: The Dark Is Rising
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Tir na n-Og Award, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books