The Saturday Night Ghost Club
Author: Davidson, Craig
ISBN: 9780143133933
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 09 Jul 2019
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;BPgt;A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Stranger ThingsPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; and Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Stand by MePlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legendsPlt;/BPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Plt;bPgt;SOME TOWNS ARE MORE HAUNTED THAN OTHERS...Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;An irresistible and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Plt;iPgt;Stranger ThingsPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;Stand by MePlt;/iPgt; about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legendsPlt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Pquot;AP#160;celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors . . .P#160;Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful.Pquot; -Jason Heller, Plt;iPgt;NPRPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place - Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the Pquot;Saturday Night Ghost Club.Pquot; But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined. With the alternating warmth and sadness of the best coming-of-age stories, Plt;iPgt;The Saturday Night Ghost ClubPlt;/iPgt; is a note-perfect novel that poignantly examines the haunting mutability of memory and storytelling, as well as the experiences that form the people we become, and establishes Craig Davidson as a remarkable literary talent.
ISBN: 9780143133933
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 09 Jul 2019
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;BPgt;A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Stranger ThingsPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; and Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Stand by MePlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legendsPlt;/BPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Plt;bPgt;SOME TOWNS ARE MORE HAUNTED THAN OTHERS...Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;An irresistible and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Plt;iPgt;Stranger ThingsPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;Stand by MePlt;/iPgt; about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legendsPlt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Pquot;AP#160;celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors . . .P#160;Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful.Pquot; -Jason Heller, Plt;iPgt;NPRPlt;/iPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Growing up in 1980s Niagara Falls - a seedy but magical, slightly haunted place - Jake Baker spends most of his time with his uncle Calvin, a kind but eccentric enthusiast of occult artifacts and conspiracy theories. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the Pquot;Saturday Night Ghost Club.Pquot; But as the summer goes on, what begins as a seemingly light-hearted project may ultimately uncover more than any of its members had imagined. With the alternating warmth and sadness of the best coming-of-age stories, Plt;iPgt;The Saturday Night Ghost ClubPlt;/iPgt; is a note-perfect novel that poignantly examines the haunting mutability of memory and storytelling, as well as the experiences that form the people we become, and establishes Craig Davidson as a remarkable literary talent.
