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Darkside is a childrens novel by tom becker, about a boy called jonathan who discovers a world hidden in london. The book reached the new york times best sellers list and was eventually made into a movie. The other side of dark is one of the most poignant and honest fiction books ive read about the haunting dramatized. For others, however, a kitty conundrum just wont dosome of us crave unnerving, nightmarish novels.
The guide below provides before, during, and afterreading discussion questions. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communicationsnovember 22, 2017. The other side of dark summary the other side of dark by jean lowery nixon is the story of a seventeenyearold girl who wakes from a fouryearlong coma and must face the changes that have occurred in her life, including the fact that her mother was murdered by the same man who shot and put stacy in a coma. Dark is a little like a lindqvist story in terms of its concerns, style, and emotional resonance. Set in between the two world wars, noelle page is born to a. The compelling premiseand nixons mastery of suspense are gripping. The storyline is about a girl named stacy who one day wakes up in a room thats not hers, in a body she doesnt recognize, to discover shes been in a coma for four years. Young adult mystery lovers will be enthralled by the nonstop suspense and believable characters of the other side of dark. If youre seduced by the grittier side of literature, we recommend the list of dark books below, each of which contain disturbing, subversive stories. Narrator christina moores reading builds the tension to a fever pitch as stacy races against time to stop a killer. Her mother is deadmurderedand stacy is recovering from a gunshot wound.
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