Summer of Night
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"Summer of Night" is a horror novel by American writer Dan Simmons, published in 1991 by Warner Aspect.
Set in Elm Haven, Illinois, in 1960, “Summer of Night” recounts its five pre-teen protagonists’ discovery that eerie, terrifying events are unfolding in the Old Central School. Operatives, including a dead soldier; giant worms with rows of sharp, serrated teeth; the animated corpse of a deceased teacher; schoolyard bullies; the driver of a rendering truck; and a wealthy, altruistic landowner,
The sequel to Summer of Night is called A Winter's Haunting, in which one of the protagonists, now grown, returns to Elm Haven.