Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The Orangefield Trilogy by Al Sarrantonio

Review by Pam Steers, Teen Volunteer

Are you tired of the long summer days and the heat? Well if you are then these books will help take your mind off the summer blues. In general, these books just seem like another horror mystery but they are so much more and they will have the reader clinging to every sentence. The first book is called Hallow’s Eve and it begins with the story of a young man named Corrie Phaeder who returns to his home town called Orangefield. As he expected there wasn’t much that changed in twelve years except when the strange incidents start to happen again. The local hornets start killing without a reason, the townspeople start going crazy, and all the while Corrie is experiencing unexplainable events in his old house just like before.

The weirdness continues when Corrie meets a scarecrow who likes to be called John and insists the whole town is on the verge of destruction if Corrie and a spunky seven year old named Reggie do not face the evil that is coming on Halloween. The Lord of Death known by the Celtics as Samhain is the evil that is coming to the town and as the events keep getting worse a local detective named Bill Grant discovers the truth and he rushes to stop Samhain and his minions. Will he, Corrie, and Reggie, with the help of John and his friends from the other world, be able to come together in time to stop the evil of Samhain and save the town? The only way to find out is to read the books Hallow’s Eve, Horrorween, and Halloweenland.

I would recommend these books because:

They are a fun way to figure out a mystery.
It takes your mind from the summer weather.
It leaves you with something to ponder about.

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