NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âĒ âStranger Things meets the South. Chilling, hilarious, and suspensefulâI loved it!ââFelicia Day
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From the authors of Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality and creators of Good Mythical Morning . . .Â
Itâs 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolinaâa sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the townâs cheerful façade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to the Whitewood School, a local reformatory with a history of putting unruly youths back on the straight and narrowâa record so impeccable that almost everyone is willing to ignore the suspicious deaths that have occurred there over the past decade.
At first, high school freshmen Rex McClendon and Leif Nelson believe what theyâve been told: that the studentsâ strange demises were all just tragic accidents, the unfortunate consequence of succumbing to vices like Marlboro Lights and Nirvana. But when the shoot for their low-budget horror masterpiece, PolterDog, goes horribly awryâand their best friend, Alicia Boykins, is sent to Whitewood as punishmentâRex and Leif are forced to question everything they know about their unassuming hometown and its cherished school for delinquents.
Eager to rescue their friend, Rex and Leif pair up with recent NYU film school graduate Janine Blitstein to begin piecing together the unsettling truth of the school and its mysterious founder, Wayne Whitewood. What they find will leave them battling an evil beyond their wildest imaginationsâone that will shake Bleak Creek to its core.
Praise for The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek
âThe Lost Causes of Bleak Creek is like your best friend from high schoolâkind of weird and a little twisted, but no matter how much trouble they caused, they always made you laugh. You donât have to be a GMM fan to realize . . . The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek, Will It Awesome Book? F@*# yeah!ââKurt Sutter, creator of Sons of Anarchy
âMost people donât read books, let alone write them. That puts Rhett and Link in the top 1% of smart people in the world. Read this book.ââRachel Bloom, co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
âItâs scary, itâs fun, and itâs one hell of a carnival ride.ââKirkus Reviews
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