The Body
For my book I chose to read The Body by Stephen King. This novel is about four young boys taking a journey to find a body somewhere in the woods that is at the county line. This story is about more than just four boys going on an adventure its about them becoming closer to each other and learning real life lessons along the way. The four boys are all going into their first year of middle school so this is a time in their life when they learn things that will help them in life.
In the first major scene the boys are all in a tree house where the character Vern tells the other three boys about the body. Vern is the outcast of the group who is the ridicule of their jokes, Teddy is a boy who was abused by his father and is a strange child, Chris is the tough guy of the group and the leader and Gordy who is the narrator and the story is seen from his point of view. The boys are all convinced that going to look for the body and possibly finding it would make them all heroes
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