Halloween Books
The Night Country is as much about being haunted by guilt, doubt, and responsibility as it is about being plagued by ghosts.Before we get too deep into October, I'd like to recommend my favorite Halloween book, which I discovered last year. (Not a coincidence that it's my favorite, as I have a very short memory.)
--Barnes & Noble Review
The Night Country by Stewart O'Nan is a ghost story told by the spirits of three teenagers who died in a car crash on Halloween night. This eerie tale takes place one year later and gets inside the minds of those left behind--the police officer on the scene and the one teen who survived the accident intact (another suffered severe brain damage that completely altered his personality).
The novel isn't so much scary as it is poignant. It has great touches of dark humor that explore the personalities of the dead characters, who are as real to the reader as the living ones. It's just a beautiful novel.
I highly recommend listening to the audio version (you can get it from Amazon or your local library) as I did. The reader captures the attitudes and inflections of the teen narrator.
There's mine. What's your favorite Halloween book?
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Andrew at 10/09/2005 2:56 PM
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Jeri at 10/09/2005 10:05 PM
Probably the best Halloween book we have is a "kids" book: Scary Godmother. It's really a short graphic novel by Jill Thompson. (I see on Amazon that there are several other Scary Godmother books and a DVD I haven't seen- wonder if they're any good.)
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Sharon GR at 10/10/2005 11:02 AM
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Sharon GR at 10/10/2005 11:05 AM
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Jeri at 10/10/2005 10:55 PM
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