The girl who loved Tom Gordon / King, Stephen

Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, lost in the woods after she wanders off to escape the bickering between her mom and her brother, boosts her courage by imagining that her hero, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is with her, helping her survive an unknown enemy.

Trisha McFarland was nine years old and lost in the woods. In her panic to get back to her family, Trisha runs deeper into the tangled undergrowth. She tunes her Walkman into broadcasts of the Red Sox baseball games. As darkness begins to fall, and she grows hungrier, Trisha realizes that she is not alone. There's something else in the woods--watching, waiting.

Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, lost in the woods after she wanders off to escape the bickering between her mom and her brother, boosts her courage by imagining that her hero, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is with her, helping her survive an unknown enemy.

Nine-year-old Trisha McFarland, lost in the woods after she wanders off to escape the bickering between her mom and her brother, boosts her courage by imagining that her hero, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon, is with her, helping her survive an unknown enemy.