A darkly hilarious contemporary realistic young adult novel about growing up and finding your place in the world, perfect for fans of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Running With Scissors.
DARIO HEYWARD KNOWS ONE THING: He's never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that served as the set, studio, and home to the cast and crew of dozens of cult classic B-horror movies. It's been three years since Dario's even seen the place, after getting legally emancipated from his father, the infamous director of Moldavia's creature features.
But then Dario's estranged brother invites him home to a mysterious, shocking ceremony involving his father and a tribute to his first filmamp;mdash;The Curse of the Mummy's Tongue.
Dario swears his homecoming will be a onetime visit. A way for him to get closure on his pastamp;mdash;and reunite with Hayley, his first love and the costar of Zombie Children of the Harvest Sun, a Moldavia production fraught with real-life tragedyamp;mdash;and then say good-bye for good.
But then the unthinkable happensamp;mdash;Dario gets sucked back into the twisted world of Moldavia and the horrors, both real and imagined, he's left there.
With only months to rescue the sinking studio, and everyone who has built their lives there, Dario must confront the demons of his pastamp;mdash;and the uncertainties of his future. But can he escape the place that's haunted him his whole life?
A darkly hilarious contemporary realistic young adult novel about growing up and finding your place in the world, perfect for fans of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Running With Scissors.
DARIO HEYWARD KNOWS ONE THING: He's never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that served as the set, studio, and home to the cast and crew of dozens of cult classic B-horror movies. It's been three years since Dario's even seen the place, after getting legally emancipated from his father, the infamous director of Moldavia's creature features.
But then Dario's estranged brother invites him home to a mysterious, shocking ceremony involving his father and a tribute to his first filmamp;mdash;The Curse of the Mummy's Tongue.
Dario swears his homecoming will be a onetime visit. A way for him to get closure on his pastamp;mdash;and reunite with Hayley, his first love and the costar of Zombie Children of the Harvest Sun, a Moldavia production fraught with real-life tragedyamp;mdash;and then say good-bye for good.
But then the unthinkable happensamp;mdash;Dario gets sucked back into the twisted world of Moldavia and the horrors, both real and imagined, he's left there.
With only months to rescue the sinking studio, and everyone who has built their lives there, Dario must confront the demons of his pastamp;mdash;and the uncertainties of his future. But can he escape the place that's haunted him his whole life?
| BN ID: | 2940170385621 |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Publication date: | 07/24/2018 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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