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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Book Summary
When the carnival comes to town, two boys unearth the terrifying and horrible secrets that lurk within Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show and learn the consequences of wishes, as a sinister and evil force is at work in Green Town, Illinois, in a new hardcover edition of the classic science fiction novel.
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This book is about:
- Carnival,
- Horror tales,
- Male friendship,
- Illinois,
- Boys,
- Bildungsromans,
- Fathers and sons,
- Fiction
NPR stories about Something Wicked This Way Comes
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