# The dark is rising

**Author(s):** Susan Cooper
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-dark-is-rising/verdict.json
**Genres:** literary-fiction, fantasy, middle-grade, childrens, time-travel-sf
**Pages:** 256
**Publisher:** Aladdin
**Published:** Tue Jan 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780689851957
**ISBN-10:** 0689851952
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-dark-is-rising

## Description

On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 0
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-dark-is-rising/verdict.json

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**Themes:** Chosen One