It’s 1968 in Archer City, Texas. Gasoline is thirty-four cents per gallon; a postage stamp costs a nickel; and people still sleep with their doors unlocked at night. Fifteen-year-old Jim and his buddies, Charles and Gary, are charting new territory—high school—and finding the transition challenging to say the least. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of town, a mystery is brewing: Cattle are turning up dead amid reports of strange lights in the night sky and claims of a bizarre “creature” roaming the countryside. Come join the boys as they cope with all that’s going on in this funny and endearing sequel to River Season.
(Courtesy of Kollin Gillaspia of Bowie High School)