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3''The Darkest Dark'' is a [[ChildrensLiterature Children's book]] by Chris Hadfield and Kate Fillion.
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5Chris is a young boy who has dreams of being an astronaut. Whenever he should be taking his bath, he's fighting off aliens. When he should be getting ready for bed, he's exploring the stars. However, there is one little thing standing between him and his dream.
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7His fear of the dark.
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9Yeah, Chris doesn't like the dark. The dark is where the worst kind of aliens come from. Not even a night light can take the fear away. However, one night, Chris sees something that could change all that.
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11The book was published on September 10th, 2016.
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14!!''The Darkest Dark'' contains examples of:
15* TheSixties: The book is set in the Summer of 1969.
16* CanineCompanion: Chris' pug, Albert. He's by Chris' side through the bulk of the book.
17* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The "aliens" who invade Chris' room at night just have glowing lights for eyes.
18* HollywoodDarkness: The book has a lot of pictures set at night. Despite that, you can still see things clearly.
19* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's ultimately left ambiguous whether the aliens were real or just Chris's imagination.
20* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Chris. Was. Going. To. Sleep. In. His. Own. Bed. ''Tonight''.
21* TheSacredDarkness: How Chris comes to see the dark after watching [[spoiler:[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 The Moonlanding]]]] on [=TV=].
22* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The book stars [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield Chris Hadfield]] when he was a kid.

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