Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'll start with this: Stephen King does not just write horror. This is a good example. Yes, there are some horrible things that happen in this book, but it is not a horror novella. It is a tightly written, beautiful book about what it's like growing up. It's about good vs. evil (and making the right choices to keep one or the other at bay). It is about the gray areas of life -- choices made and the consequences that come with them. It is fantastical, to be sure. But it also nails Stephen King's ability to create characters that happen to be children that are incredibly complex. When I picked up this book, I didn't know a thing about the other author listed -- and I'm not sure how much he was involved in the writing of the book, but I'm going to check his work out based on how much I liked this.