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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 5–7—Charlie's in foreign territory when his stepfather brings the family back to Taper, FL, to attend the funeral of his high school football coach. Charlie immediately finds himself adopted as a cousin by a relative of his stepfather and, almost as quickly, caught up in the strange customs and eldritch history of the football-obsessed towns that surround the sugarcane fields. Wilson has invented timeless creatures embodying good and evil. A mysterious and terrifying "Mother" reanimates the recent dead, turning them into "Gren"—repe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Charlie travels to Florida to attend the funeral of his stepfather's beloved football coach. Almost immediately, he is dragged into a hor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
