The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

"The Wall Street Journal"

Impressive...A wonderful story of courage, faith, and hope. It is eminently engaging and difficult to put down.

"San Francisco Examiner"

A gem....Superb.

"The New York Times"

Frightening....Feverish terror.

"People"

An absorbing tale..."Tom Gordon" scores big.

"USA Today"

A delightful read, a literary walk in the woods, and not just for baseball fans.

"Entertainment Weekly"

Plenty of thrills...[King's] an elegant writer and a master of pacing.

"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"

King paints a masterful, terrifying picture of every child's (and maybe adult's) worst fear...King uses that creepy-crawly paranoia to perfection.

"New York Daily News"

A fast, scary read...King blasts a homer...[He] expertly stirs the major ingredients of the American psyche -- our spirituality, fierce love of children, passion for baseball, and collective fear of the bad thing we know lurks on the periphery of life.

"San Francisco Examiner"A gem....Superb.

"The New York Times"Frightening....Feverish terror.

On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, and then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror. As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace she tunes her Walkman to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games and follows the gritty performances of her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when her radio's reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with her -- protecting her from an all-too-real enemy who has left a trail of slaughtered animals and mangled trees in the dense, dark woods....