{"product_id":"greenwitch-by-susan-cooper-u-k-illustrated-collectors-edition-2012-the-folio-society","title":"Greenwitch by Susan Cooper [U.K. ILLUSTRATED COLLECTORS EDITION] 2012 • The Folio Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreenwitch by Susan Cooper with illustrations by Laura Carlin [THE DARK IS RISING #3]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eILLUSTRATED U.K. COLLECTOR'S EDITION [2012] THE FOLIO SOCIETY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eStunning limited edition hardcover with slipcase published by the Folio Society in 2012.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eFeatures full-page, full-color illustrated plates throughout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCloth-bound hardcover with pictorial boards. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook is mint; looks and reads like new! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlipcase has a hint of sunning, but is otherwise excellent with only minimal shelf wear. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-appears-component-name=\"listing_page_description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ui-toolkit appears-ready\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-group mt-xs-1 mt-lg-3 bg-white b-lg-0 bt-lg-1 bb-lg-1 pl-xs-2 pr-xs-2 pb-xs-2 pt-xs-0 pt-lg-2 pl-lg-0 pr-lg-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-xs-12 pt-xs-1 pl-lg-0 pr-lg-0 break-word\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"description-text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-height-text-container ui-toolkit\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-gray prose\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It looked, Jane thought, like a single representative of a fearful unknown species, from another planet, or from some unthinkably distant part of our past'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimon, Jane and Barney Drew are once more on holiday in Trewissick in Cornwall with their Great-Uncle Merry. Jane is allowed to witness an old local ritual, in which the women of the village create a giant figure woven of hawthorn branches as an offering for the sea goddess. This figure – the Greenwitch – is both eerie and menacing, yet Jane also senses its melancholy loneliness. She makes a wish that it might be happy – a wish that will have a fateful effect on the battle between the Old Ones and the Dark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the third book of the sequence, the children from the first book, Over Sea, Under Stone, encounter Will Stanton, the hero of The Dark is Rising. They share the same mission: to recover the grail that was stolen from the British Museum, and to prevent the powers of the Dark from making it their own. In a new preface, Susan Cooper describes the genesis of the book, and her childhood visits to Megavissey, the Cornish village on which Trewissick is based. ‘Thinking back to it, I can almost smell the sea, and the haunting scent of the hawthorn blossoms.’ Laura Carlin’s evocative illustrations mingle the salt air of a seaside adventure with the thrill of age-old magic. The sequence is notable for being honoured twice by the Newbery Awards - America’s most prestigious prize for children’s literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67612920021241,"sku":null,"price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/foliogreenwitch-4.jpg?v=1793949302","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/greenwitch-by-susan-cooper-u-k-illustrated-collectors-edition-2012-the-folio-society","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}