It is definitely a new favorite!Ĭorey: I was really excited to read it again! I read it about three years ago, and at a guess, the first time I read it was probably around 2004! So it’s cool to revisit the book at different phases of my life! And I think this was a pretty perfect book to choose for the first Grimdragon readalong…it’s just so well written, the characters are all quite memorable, it’s dripping with atmosphere & nostalgia. My only problem is I just can’t imagine any of his other work topping this! I’d struggle to come up with even a minor criticism of this book. I’ve been collecting Dan Simmons over the last two years or so because he is an author I knew I would love & if this is any indication, I’m in for a treat. There is just something so magical about these kind of stories. In the same vein of IT, Boy’s Life, The Body/Stand By Me & more recently, Stranger Things. We chose this as our very first Grimdragon readalong & I think it was a pretty successful one! I can see why you were okay with reading this for a third time. OH, THIS GLORIOUS BOOK! The nostalgic feelings of summers gone by, the atmospheric small-town, the age-old sense of evil hiding around a dark corner. The friends realize that there is a terrible evil lurking in Elm Haven…and they must be the ones to stop it. And there are other strange things happening in town: unexplained holes in the ground, a stranger dressed as a World War I soldier, and a rendering-plant truck that seems to be following the five boys. Soon, the group discovers stories of other children who once disappeared from Elm Haven.
But then a dark cloud threatens the bright promise of summer vacation: on the last day of school, their classmate Tubby Cooke vanishes.
Urn:oclc:865100941 Scandate 20110409030542 Scanner : It’s the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase. OL1963321W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 95.79 Pages 570 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0747203709 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:43:02 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA138308 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Comment Set Scanfee to 100 on all Pre-June IA Sponsored Books as per Robert Donor
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