Stephen King is one of the most respected and well-known men to ever write horror stories, second only to Edgar Allen Poe of course. Stephen King is very famous all over the world for his novels such as It, Halloween, Carrie, The Shining, Pet Cemetery, and fifty-nine other amazing novels. I've only read three Kings books, Carrie, Pet Cemetery and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, which I selected for my book report. Personally, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was my favorite, I didn't find it scary at all, and a little boring at times. It seemed like a nine year old wouldn't be as smart as the girl in the book and very unrealistic. Not that any of his other books are realistic, but this one didn't satisfy me with its level of horror even though it's classified as a horror story. Trisha McFarland, a nine-year-old from Maine in 1998, is the main character in the novel. She is the child of a family in difficulty. Trisha's parents recently divorced and her brother always seems to argue with their mother as some sort of rebellious state of punishment for leaving their father. This always left the mother and brother constantly arguing with Trisha, feeling excluded and depressed. That's why, while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine, her mother and brother didn't notice that Trisha hadn't continued hiking with them after stopping to pee and is truly lost. She remained semi-sane by hallucinating that her idol, Tom Gordon, a pitcher for the Boston Red Socks, was with her to help her through her situations. If I were making The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon movie, I would cast Willow Shields as my main character, playing the role of Trisha McFarland. Willow Shields p...... middle of paper ...... in the novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, I would choose to talk to Pete McFarland. Having experienced conflict within my family, I know that arguing doesn't solve any problem, it only drives you deeper into your pit of problems. Pete can't change his parents' wishes to separate and only makes their situation worse by forcing the parents to get back together when they clearly aren't meant for each other. Pete has to learn to move on and accept it even though it may be very difficult for him to accomplish, but it's better for the family so he has to see it. He also upsets his younger sister when he argues with their mother, leading her to wander away from them on a hike so she can get some peace and quiet, no longer being able to handle conflicts. Pete needs to start being a role model for her instead of someone she despises..