Silver on the Tree
Susan Cooper
"Silver on the Tree" is the last book in the series, "The Dark is Rising." The further adventures of Will and the Drew children and in this book all the cast of characters come together, specifically, six main characters. In this book they are after a crystal sword and what they found out in previous books, they recovered a manuscript that gave them some poems, some lyrics that they are following in their quest to fight off the dark.
And part of the poem says when the dark comes arising six shall turn it back. And it also says that by the sword the dark shall fall. I feel that the theme of good versus evil is absolutely what these books are about. But I think the way in which it's approached and tied in with mythology of King Arthur that we're all familiar with, makes it sort of more engaging or more endearing. You feel like you already know some of what the story is and then you bring in these children who are on this big quest and it's really fun.
My favorite book in this series would be a toss up between "The Dark is Rising" sort of the intro to the good versus evil and this last book, "Silver on the Tree." I felt like this was another story where sort of action oriented. There was a lot going on. You know it's the culmination and you just can't wait to see what happens. I found the ending to be satisfying and so much so, that I of course, own these books and have reread them many, many times.
I would give "Silver on the Tree" five out of five stars. "The Dark is Rising" series as a whole would get five out of five stars, no question."
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