The Shadow Year
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On New York's Long Island, in the unpredictable decade of the 1960's, a young boy spends much of his free time in the basement of his family's modest home, where he and his brother, Jim, have created Botch Town, a detailed cardboard replica of their community, complete with clay figurines representing
… More »On New York's Long Island, in the unpredictable decade of the 1960's, a young boy spends much of his free time in the basement of his family's modest home, where he and his brother, Jim, have created Botch Town, a detailed cardboard replica of their community, complete with clay figurines representing friends and neighbours. Their little sister, Mary, smokes cigarettes, speaks in other voices, inhabits alternate personas, and, unbeknownst to her brothers, moves around the inanimate clay residents. There is a strangeness in the air as disappearances, deaths, spectral sightings, and the arrival of a sinister man in a long white car mark this unforgettable shadow year. But strangest of all is the inescapable fact that all these troubling occurrences directly correspond to the changes little Mary has made to the miniature town in the basement.--From publisher description.
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"It's the mid-1960s in the Long Island town where the unnamed narrator, a sixth-grade boy, and his siblings live with their mostly absent father and alcoholic mother. Despite the lack of adults in their lives, the kids are doing ok--together, they've created a model of their town, complete with clay figures standing in for neighbors, friends, and foes. But soon events in their town turn menacing, when a boy disappears and a prowler haunts the streets. With elements of mystery, fantasy, and an enticingly spooky atmosphere, The Shadow Year is likely to appeal to readers who like genre-bending novels; author Jeffrey Ford has won the Edgar (a mystery award) and been nominated for a Nebula for science fiction." -NextReads
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Add a CommentCreepy and evocative.