The Dark Is Rising
| Author | Susan Cooper |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Alan E. Cober |
| Series | The Dark Is Rising Sequence |
| Publisher | Atheneum Press |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Pages | 216 |
| Awards | Newbery Honor |
| LC Class | PZ7.C7878 Dar3 |
| Preceded by | Over Sea, Under Stone |
| Followed by | Greenwitch |
The Dark Is Rising is a 1973 children's fantasy novel by Susan Cooper. The second in The Dark Is Rising Sequence, the book won a Newbery Honor. It has been described as a "folkloric tale of an English boy caught in a battle between light and dark".