Here, accomplished fantasy/science fiction writer Orson Scott Card has turned his autobiographical short story 'Lost Boys' into an intriguing demi-mainstream novel.
For Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children, the move to tiny Steuben, North Carolina, offers new hope and a new beginning. But from the first, eight-year-old Stevie's life there is an unending parade of misery and disaster. Cruelly ostracized at his...