Adapted from the second in a series of novels by Susan Cooper, this awkwardly titled fantasy casts little-known Alexander Ludwig as a 14-year-old boy unexpectedly asked to save the world by conducting a five-day scavenger hunt. The Dark Is Rising novel won a Newberry medal, but the story here is condensed into an unconvincing, standard tale of good vs. evil (Light vs. Dark) whose elements seem randomly thrown together. The boy, who lives with his large family in an English village, is American for no apparent reason other than the commercial.
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