Isley-Over+Sea,+Under+Stone+review

__APA Citation __ Cooper, S. (1989). //Over sea, under stone.// New York: Simon Pulse. __Award__ Edwards Award-2012 __Summary __ Winner of the 2012 Margaret A. Edwards award for outstanding contribution to young adult literature, Susan Cooper weaves the first installment of “The Dark is Rising” series. While staying in Cornwall, England on a vacation, Simon, Jane, and Barney Drew find an old map in the attic of their rental home. While managing to stave off would-be thieves of the map and the treasure it reveals, the children join forces with their great uncle on a quest to find a legendary grail as old as the tales of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. __Critique __ I thought this book also started out very slowly. It took me a couple of chapters to get interested at all in the plot, but I eventually got into it. For some reason, this story reminded me of //The Chronicles of Narnia//, possibly because of the children discovering a secret passage which led to a mysterious adventure. I have a weird hang-up about stories set in England, which distracted me. For some reason, I have a hard time understanding what is going on when references to England are prevalent. __Curriculum Connection __ Kentucky Core Academic Standards-Middle School-Reading Standards for Literature-RL-8.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. __Genre __ Speculative Fiction-Fantasy __Promotional Activity __ I think that a podcast would be a great way to promote students to read this book. Like a talk show online, a podcast would lend itself to encouraging students to read this book as well as the rest of “The Dark is Rising” series. Students could also post comments replying to the podcast to communicate what they thought of the book.
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