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Violence
Some
A child in mortal danger from nature and possibly something supernatural; a violent final confrontation
Language
Some
Moderate language; natural dialogue for adults and child protagonist
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The sustained terror of a child alone in the wilderness; the psychological toll of survival without hope of rescue
What this book is about
Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland wanders off a hiking trail in the New England woods and spends days lost and alone, sustained by water, berries, her Walkman, and her devotion to Red Sox pitcher Tom Gordon. Stephen King's survival thriller is smaller and more intimate than most of his work—a character study of a child's resourcefulness under pressure, with something supernatural building in the dark.
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