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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Stephen King

Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland becomes lost in the woods during a family hike on the Appalachian Trail. Armed only with her Walkman and her devotion to Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, she struggles to survive for days in the wilderness.

Did You Know?

  • Tom Gordon was a real Boston Red Sox pitcher who gave King permission to use his name
  • One of King's shorter novels at under 300 pages
  • A pop-up book adaptation was published in 2004
  • King wrote this while recovering from being hit by a van in 1999

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