@article{229336, note = {Reprint. Originally published: New York : Scribner, c1999.}, author = {King, Stephen,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/229336}, title = {The girl who loved Tom Gordon /}, publisher = {Pocket Books,}, abstract = {While hiking the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha tires of the constant bickering between her mother and brother and decides to wander off. Lost in the forest, she draws comfort from tuning her radio to Boston Red Sox broadcasts and following her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. When the reception fades, she imagines Tom is with her. He is her key to surviving the unseen enemy leaving slaughtered animals and mangled trees in its wake.}, recid = {229336}, pages = {264 p. ;}, address = {New York :}, year = {2000}, }