The girl who loved Tom Gordon

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Stephen King: The girl who loved Tom Gordon (1999, Scribner)

224 pages

English language

Published Dec. 29, 1999 by Scribner.

ISBN:
978-0-671-04285-1
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999) is a psychological horror novel by American writer Stephen King.

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Baseball metaphors and survival skills combine in this story of a nine year old who is "big for her age." It has been described as a psychological horror book, but it is really a confrontation with the self and the scary things in our own heads - or are they?

I liked the main character, though she seemed way more capable than nine-year-olds I have known. The story is believable, with some fantastic elements. The baseball metaphors may require some explaining - Tom Gordon was the "closer" for the Red Sox, and would come in late in the game to "save" the win. So in this book, the girl who loves Tom Gordon is looking for the "save" - in this case of her own life. All of these elements combine into a smash ending (the chapter is labeled "bottom of the ninth") which satisfies.

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