Stephen King Fairy Tale
Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at
baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom
was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad
to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. When Charlie
is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch,
a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the
backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it.
Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his
heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape
telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret
all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world.
King’s storytelling in Fairy Tale soars. This is a
magnificent and terrifying tale in which good is pitted against overwhelming
evil, and a heroic boy—and his dog—must lead the battle.
