![]() ![]() With the alternating warmth and sadness of the best coming-of-age stories, The Saturday Night Ghost Club 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. Outcast Jake meets Billy Yellowbird at his Uncle’s tourist-trap crystals and magic shop, The Occultorium. ![]() ![]() CEMETERY - NIGHT A crescent moon looms over the small town graveyard, casting sharp shadows on the weathered tombstones. The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson Penguin Books, 2019 224 pages Young Adult (14+) This is a ghost story, but not a scary paranormal fright-fest. The summer Jake turns twelve, he befriends a pair of siblings new to town, and so Calvin decides to initiate them all into the "Saturday Night Ghost Club." 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. THE SATURDAY NIGHT GHOSTCLUB by Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman Based on the Novel by Craig Davidson AugAPA Management 360 31 31 FADE IN: EXT. A short, irresistible, and bittersweet coming-of-age story in the vein of Stranger Things and Stand by Me about a group of misfit kids who spend an unforgettable summer investigating local ghost stories and urban legendsGrowing 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. ![]()
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