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A withdrawn eight-year-old in a troubled family invents imaginary friends who bear the names of missing children in this absorbing thriller.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Science fiction writer Card ( Abyss , Pocket, 1989) turns to suspense with this offering. Step Fletcher, his wife DeAnne, and their children have just moved to Steuben, North Carolina, where there has been a rash of mysterious disappearances. Plagued by various problems, the religious Fletcher family slowly adjusts to the community. Eight-year-old son Stevie, however, spends all his spare time with his imaginary friends. Preoccupied with settling into their new home, Step and DeAnne fail to understand the connection between Stevie's friends and the young boys' disappearances. Almost too late, Stevie makes the ultimate sacrifice to convince his family that his imaginary friends are real and to reveal the boys' murderer. Card skillfully uses terror as a background to everyday family life. For Stephen King fans and those who like their suspense mixed with the supernatural.
- Grant A. Fredericksen, Illinois Prairie Dist. P.L., Metamora
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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This is the car they drove from Vigor, Indiana, to Steuben, North Carolina: a silvery-gray Renault 18i deluxe wagon, an '81 model with about forty thousand miles on it, twenty-five thousand of which they had put on it themselves. Read the first page

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3.0 out of 5 stars Why was this in the Horror section and not the "Praise Jesus!" section, Sep 10 2008

By	Holly Vincent "holidayze" (B-Town, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Boys (Mass Market Paperback)

I was very dissapointed after reading this book, a few years ago I had read the short story "Lost Boys" in an anthology and it just stuck with me so when I found the full version of the book I had to buy it.

I think that Card butchered the story, there was just too much preaching in the book about the Mormon religion being the true religion blah blah blah, I don't care I'm not religious and if I wanted to be brainwashed I would read the bible.

IF the preaching wasn't bad enough, and it certainly was (I must have put the book down 40 times before being desperate enough to continue reading it) there were so many loose ends in the books, things that didn't make sense, like the video games that his son was playing, how his parents didn't notice anything weird about their son at the end of the book, and the teacher that was stalking them???

I just think that this book was poorly written, boring and monotonous, and if you read it I recommend reading chapter 1 and then the last chapter.

I gave this book 3 stars because I found the short story brilliant, its just a shame that he had to fill 500 pages with garbage.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book by a great author, Sep 14 2004

By	Wil (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Boys (Mass Market Paperback)

This book does very well, though the story starts slowly the characters are put across believably and comfortably. The depth of development with each person and their relationships is done nicely and the twisted side of a person comes across well too. But the clincher for me in this novel is the ending which is well written and surprising to read. He's done well for himself again.

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1.0 out of 5 stars card's worst, Jul 17 2004

By	J. A Cole (Midland, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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First off, Card is my favorite author period.

I read an essay of his where he states that Lost Boys is his best work. Sorry, but I couldn't even finish it...it bored me to tears. He should have left well enough alone with the short story (which was absolutely perfect).

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Card's best work
The back of the book pitches 'Lost Boys' as some sort of horror/mystery/ghost story, but it isn't really. Read more

Published on Jun 26 2004 by Student

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent
Normally, anyone writing about Southern eccentricities has to worry about imitating Faulkner, but OSC is the exception. Read more

Published on Jun 17 2004 by Macaca Webb

5.0 out of 5 stars A struggle to discern right from wrong
This novel depicts an ordinary family undergoing a stressful time. Each character is beautifully drawn, and so real! Read more

Published on May 20 2004 by Victoria A. Grossack

4.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Performance
I first picked up "Lost Boys" because of the author: I thought it would be interesting to read a non-science-fiction novel after reading a number of Orson Scott Card's... Read more

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