num_pages: 288
description: When Stephen is forced to move back to the nowhere town where his father grew up hes already sure hes not going to like it. Spencer Michigan is like a town straight out of a Hitchcock movie with old-fashioned people who see things only in black-and-white. But things start looking up when Stephen meets the mysterious twins Cara and Devon. Theyre total punkshardly the kind of people Stephens dad wants him hanging out withbut theyre a breath of fresh air in this backward town. The only problem is Cara and Devon dont always get along and as Stephen forms a friendship with the charismatic Devon and something more with the troubled Cara he starts to feel like hes getting caught in the middle of a conflict he doesnt fully understand. And as Devons group of friends who hang out in a cemetery they call The Playground get up to increasingly reckless activities to pass the summer days Stephen worries he may be in over his head.Stephens fears prove well-founded when he learns of Spencers dark past. It seems the poor factory town has a history of bad times and many of the towns oldest residents attribute the bad times to creatures right out of an urban legend. The legend goes that the only way the town will prosper again is if someone makes a sacrifice to these nightmarish creatures. And while Stephen isnt one to believe in old stories it seems Devon and his gang might put a lot of faith in them. Maybe even enough to kill for them.Now Stephen has to decide what he believes where his allegiances lie and who will really be his friend in the end.
language: English
title: The Cemetery Boys
publisher: Harper Collins