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Synopsis
"The October Country is many places: a picturesque Mexican village where death is a tourist attraction; a city beneath the city where drowned lovers are silently reunited; a carnival midway where a tiny man's most cherished fantasy can be fulfilled night after night. Each of the stories in Ray Bradbury's masterful collection is a wonder, imagined by an acclaimed tale-teller writing from a place of shadows. But there is astonishing beauty here as well, born from a prose that enchants and enthralls, that chills like a long-after-midnight wind, that lifts the reader high above a sleeping Earth on strange wings."--P. [4] of cover.
Is The October Country appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Classic literary horror collection with unsettling themes of death, obsession, and the macabre, featuring psychological horror rather than graphic violence. Bradbury's poetic prose explores dark human desires and fears through supernatural and surreal lenses.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, death of a loved one, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens who love atmospheric, thought-provoking horror that gets under your skin through beautiful, haunting language will be mesmerized by these shadowy tales.