The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Trisha McFarland is a nine year old girl who goes for a day hike on the Appalachian Trail with her mother and older brother. Early on, she gets separated from them and spends days alone in the woods trying to find them, trying to find a trail, and trying to find civilization. Trisha is an incredibly intelligent, self-reliant, and resourceful girl which is why she is able to survive for so long. She has a Walkman and listens to Red Sox baseball games when she gets tired or sacred. She idolizes Tom Gordon, their relief pitcher, and has imaginary conversations with him in the woods, making her feel safe. It is her conversations with the pitcher that gives her hope and keeps her going. This book was a real page-turner, but I literally had to set it aside each day about 5:00; I'm a big scaredy cat when it comes to reading thrillers, and this genre has the tendency to keep me awake at night.
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