The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
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Rating | : | 4.91 (601 Votes) |
Asin | : | B001N09F7U |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 127 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | English |
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Anita herrera said I loved this book. I loved this book. I've read it several times and it's amazing each and every time. I just wish it were longer. He possibly could have touched more upon the search and the parents. Also, I would have loved it if Trisha's "special thing" were explored more! Easy to give 5 stars!. M. Dwyer said Good, solid & involving tale. Nice entertaining story with very likeable main character. A departure from King's typical horror approach - it's more about grit and overcoming the odds, with just a hint of scary content. You do get invested in the tale and reading it is time well spent.. right up my forest As a parent, I spend considerable time trying to educate my children how to protect themselves from strangers, be aware of their surroundings when they are at the mall, be alert to the potential of dangerous situations, and, ad nauseum, what to do should this or that occur and you find yourself lost and on your own.As a parent, no amount of information is enough to keep them safe in our minds. We stand at the edge of paranoia, alwa
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. 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.. On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, ni