Susan Cooper

Three children on a holiday in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest for a grail that would reveal the true story of King Arthur and that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the forces of the Dark.

Conclusion of the tale begun in "over Sea, Under Stone." In the Welsh hills Will Stanton, youngest of the immortal Old Ones, joins forces with Merriman, Bran, and the mortal Drew children in a quest through space and time against the powers of evil known as the Dark.

A celebration of the winter solstice and the Yuletide season. As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again. Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day" captures the magic behind...

E.J. has a surprise twentieth wedding anniversary present for Willis – a weekend away in the Texas hills. She's found the perfect Bed and Breakfast – the Bishop's Inn in the quaint town of Peaceful. Unfortunately, they've barely arrived before the inn's troubled elderly owner, Carrie Marie Hutchins, confides in them about a harrowing event from her childhood involving her dead father . . . and his spirit, which won't go away . . . E.J....

“Characters and dialogue as American as apple pie, a keep-’em-guessing plot, and laugh-aloud humor. A downright good read.” —Booklist
 
When Oklahoma sheriff Milt Kovak wins a seven-day cruise for four to Puerto Rico, he takes his family—wife Jean and son Johnny Mac, plus Johnny Mac’s best friend, Early Rollins. It’s spring break and the ship is running over with children—and...

Arresting a Blanton was always going to be bad news, but things are about to get even worse for Sheriff Milt Kovak.
Everyone in Prophesy County knows that you don't mess with the dim-witted, in-bred Blantons. So when Milt gets a call to say that Darrell Blanton has shot dead his wife, he's expecting a rough ride.
Arresting Darrell and putting him in the slammer may have been surprisingly easy, but things are about to get a whole...

When word-eating Captain Rottingbones and his crew steal from the Word Wizard while she is telling a story, her pen proves mightier than the pirates' swords.

The mischievous Boggart is trying to help his friend The Loch Ness Monster in this imaginative and compelling tale (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from Newbery winner Susan Cooper.

Inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning article in the Washington Post, FATAL DISTRACTION tells the untold story of the high-profile Georgia murder trial of Justin Ross Harris following the hot car death of his toddler son in 2014.

The political murder of a Moscow lawyer, an American father's tragic mistake and the cancellation of 259 pending U.S. adoptions of Russian orphans are seemingly disparate events found to have an insidious connection in this chilling expose. Winner of a Documentary Prize at the **Nashville Film Festival**. *"Cooper took a ubiquitous topic and told it in an innovative way through both human love and human suffering." - Morena Duwe, **HuffPost***