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In the small, Midwestern town of 1963, a boy known as the October Boy—or Ol' Hacksaw Face—emerges from the cornfields every Halloween clutching a butcher knife, sparking a deadly tradition where local teenage gangs confront him. Pete McCormick sees killing the October Boy as his only chance to escape a dead‑end future, and he will risk everything to become the victor—only to uncover the terrifying truth behind the legend.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
Authors: Norman Partridge
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