A novel that both stabs and breaks your heart. The Saturday Night Ghost Club is a tale for those who like their Stranger Things spiked, Stand by Me charred, and who are battered enough yet still brave enough to revisit that moment when made-up horrors finally come to root in a world beyond invention. Shelf Awareness If you like darkness poured out like molasses from a bucket, youll love this novel.-BookPage Davidson makes beautifully clear how the ghoulish tales we feared when we were young cant compare to the blood-bathed teeth we eventually encounter as adults. Jason Heller, NPR This compact novel is reminiscent of Ray Bradburys Dandelion Wine and Stephen Kings The Body dark and unforgettable coming-of-age stories.

And even more profoundly, the book is a celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors.Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful, Saturday Night Ghost Club is an exquisite little talisman of a book, one that doesnt flinch as it probes the dark underside of nostalgia. Review Quotes powers of description poetically evoke the magic of youth.The masterful segues between the narratives of child Jake and adult Jake shimmer. 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 be, and establishes Craig Davidson as a remarkable literary talent. 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 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. Jason Heller, NPR 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. Immensely enjoyable, piercingly clever, and satisfyingly soulful. About the Book 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 legends- Book Synopsis An 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 legends A celebration of the secret lives of children, both their wonders and their horrors.

The saturday night ghost club review