Books and tickets go on sale 9/1/25

For the month of September, we'll be reading "The Freedom Writers Diary" by Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers and watching the 2007 film, "Freedom Writers"
directed by Richard LaGravenese

Here at The Midnight Oil we intend to build a community of book lovers along with teaming up with local businesses to provide various experiences.

We're partnering up with The Kress Cinema for this book-to-film series. Within the first part of the month readers will be able to pick up their copy of the book to read. The last Tuesday of every month we'll get together at The Kress Cinema for a private screening.

Doors open at 6pm for concessions and socializing. The movie starts right around 7pm. 

Your purchase includes the book which is yours to keep, along with an entry to watch the movie. Your purchase is your ticket, we'll have your name on file if any issues arise the night of the movie.

Add-on tickets for this month will also be an option.  

**No shipping available for Books To Movie, pick-up in-store only.

Midnight Oil's Book Club Pick For the month of October! The Midnight Oil Hosts a monthly book club that always takes place the last Wednesday of the month. Meetings start at 6pm and run till around 8pm. Octobers Meeting will take place @ Weld Works, Oct 29th

A USA TODAY Bestseller

From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story with a twist—perfect for fans of Adam Cesareand Grady Hendrix.

1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton—and a place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid with more potential than application, seventeen, and about to be cursed to kill for revenge. Here Stephen Graham Jones explores the Texas he grew up in, and shared sense of unfairness of being on the outside through the slasher horror Jones loves, but from the perspective of the killer, Tolly, writing his own autobiography. Find yourself rooting for a killer in this summer teen movie of a novel gone full blood-curdling tragic.