With gang violence, reckless drivers, child trafficking, and just grumpy adults everywhere hating the presence of children, I read these novels with a level of sadness at what most American children cannot do. Part of that may be that I am the mother of a special needs children who could get hurt without supervision, but the other part of that is just how dangerous American cities are. In the USA, especially in big cities, I can’t imagine putting my children on a train without an adult or to let them wander around town to entertain themselves. Having lived in Scotland for some time before returning to the USA, the cultures still differ greatly in the freedom children have to wander around town. One thing that I have noticed in these books is how different British culture is from the American culture of today. Overall, the book was magical in a standard way that readers of fantasy, fairytales, and myths would recognize. There were more ghostly elements and some play with time, but not enough to make the book difficult to imagine like the last book. I enjoyed seeing Will, as both an Old One and a child, interacting with the other children.
I enjoyed this novel more than the last one because of its straightforward plot. An evil painter and the spirit of the Greenwitch hinder their plans, but the adventure works out well in the end. The children and Merry are on a quest to recover the stolen grail (originally found in the first book) and the little canister with a small scroll that had been thrown into the ocean (also during the first book). In “Greenwitch” great-uncle Merry rents a house in Treswick for a vacation with Simon, Jane, and Barney, as well as Will Stanton, his Uncle and Aunt from America. There is still definitely more magic than in the first book, but nothing that is too difficult to imagine. This novel brings back Simon, Jane, and Barney from “Over Sea, Under Stone” and also Will Stanton from “The Dark is Rising.” It returns to more of the feel of the first novel, which has less overtly magical elements and odd magic rules. “Greenwitch” is the third book in The Dark is Rising Sequence.
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