... of characters in the story, King presents each very realistically. The main character in the story is Trisha McFarland, a nine year old girl who lives with her mother and brother Pete. Her parents are divorced and her mother and brother are always fighting. She doesn't like hearing them fight; this is the main reason she ends up lost in the woods ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... of friends. The animals are fleeing the surrounding forest, for they sense the unwelcome visitors whose precursors were the spate of recent strange lights in the New England sky. For Pete, Beaver, Henry and Jonesy, the nightmare begins when a disoriented hunter named McCarthy stumbles into their camp. The situation quickly degenerates. McCarthy unwittingly plays host to a deadly parasitic creature and brings ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 3