Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge - I really enjoyed this as it was very reminiscent of the Lottery and the Long Walk. Every year, in a small Midwestern town, the October Boy, a jack lantern atop a scarecrow’s body, rises from the cornfield to run a gauntlet of teenage boys. There can be only one winner. Either a boy kills the October Boy, or the October Boy kills them. Cool premise and could have been better with a more skilled writer, but this is a great read for the Halloween season. I think this is being made into a movie in the near future. Definitely check it out.