Dunstan's home changes from a peaceful town of Deptford into the violent and killing fields of World War two. "It was called Deptford and lay on the Thames River about fifteen miles east of Pittstown, our county town and nearest big place. ... Joel Surgeoner, the atheastic tramp who had an intimat encounter with Mary Dempster at the town's "pit" changed his way of life and became a servant of God. ... It was as if I had gone right down into Hell and through the worst of the fire, and come on a clear, pure pool where I could wash and be clean...they turned me loose the next morning...

• Word Count: 1556
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

First, it immediately intrigues the reader and stimulates our interest (where have we been before? ... Taking this to its logical conclusion, we want to escape from our own humble lives to a place where heroes and heroines still thrive. ... There is no real "good and evil" scenario in our world, there are only perspectives. In King's imagined world, in his little, sleepy Maine towns and in particular in "Castlerock" (a fictional town in which many of his books are set), there is almost always a good and a bad. ...

• Word Count: 2261
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

But isn't that exactly how our lives are today? ... This book is much like our lives, like I said before, many would find it boring because its just reading their life, however I found it intriguing because we find ourselves everyday asking why does this happen to me, when actually it happens to everyone. ... This young woman is the love interest of every man in the town. ... "Hey where did we go, Days when the rains came Down in the hollow, Playin' a new game, Laughing and a running hey, hey Skipping and a jumping In the misty morning fog with Our hearts a thumpin' and you My...

• Word Count: 2037
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School