So the children band together in order to defeat the evil themselves, before the ancient horror engulfs the town and enslaves the world in a reign of terror. The children try to enlist help from their parents and other adults, but the adults ignore the children whom are, from the adults’ point of view, just being foolish and making things up. In Summer of Night, a group of children in the quiet small town of Elm Haven, Illinois, discover a growing evil in the shuttered Old Central School. The life-affirming story in Summer of Night reminds me of Stephen King’s It, as well as his short story “The Body,” in that all three stories depict youthful innocence corrupted by unspeakable terrors. Hugo award-winning author Dan Simmons captures this age of innocence perfectly in Summer of Night, but then he lets the monsters loose in this old school horror story about how the carefree lives of a group of children are quickly torn from them as they confront their ultimate nightmares. Many of us have fond memories of childhood, especially those lazy summers when schools were out, the days were hot, and the neighborhoods were ripe for exploration with friends.
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