![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Even now I’m a grown-up, I’d rather my holidays followed the first plot line. Funny how in children’s literature, when you go on holiday you tend to find yourself on a very exciting quest, whereas in adult literature, you go on holiday and either fall in love or discover something about yourself. They stay in an old house, where they discover an old map and they soon find themselves on a quest for King Arthur’s grail. It is about the three Drew children who go on holiday to Cornwall. That night I re-read, cover-to-cover, Over Sea, Under Stone, which is the first in the series. I remember being so terrified by the cover of The Dark is Rising (the second in the series) that I couldn’t sleep with it turned upwards by my bed, and always had to leave it face down, preferably safely hidden underneath another book. Looking through the bookshelves of my childhood, filled with Beatrix Potter, Swallows and Amazons, the multi-coloured Children’s Britannica, and other nostalgic delights, I alighted on this slim collection of novels with way-out fantasy covers. I was staying at my Mum’s and one night I found I was unable to sleep, having snoozed through most of the afternoon. I began re-reading Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising quintet at Christmas. ![]()
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