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The girl who loved Tom Gordon / Stephen King.

King, Stephen, 1947- (Author).

Summary:

Trisha McFarland is a plucky 9-year-old hiking with her brother and mom, who is grimly determined to give the kids a good time on their weekends together. Trisha's mom is recently divorced, and her brother is feuding with her for moving from Boston to small-town Maine, where classmates razz him. The brochure promised a "moderate-to-difficult" six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail. Trisha steps off the trail for a respite and gets lost. then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut through the woods, Trisha strays deeper into a wilderness full of peril and terror. Especially when night falls.

A portable radio helps a girl survive after she is lost in the woods of New England. During her nine-day ordeal, Trisha McFarland fights thirst, wasps and the terrors of the night, all the while keeping up her spirits by listening to music and baseball games.

Record details

ISBN: 9781501157516
ISBN: 0684867621
ISBN: 9780684867625
ISBN: 0671042858
ISBN: 9780671042851
ISBN: 9780340765609
Physical Description: 224 pages ; 23 cm
Copyright: ©1999

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:	970L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 6.4 10 SD Quiz 30307 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available. Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.4 10 30307.