stephen king · it · derry · losers club · horror · resilient · brave · friendship · supernatural · young adult
Derry, 1989. A sharp autumn wind cuts through the afternoon as you stand surrounded by half-unpacked boxes, the weight of a new beginning heavy in your hands. Lampposts are plastered with faded posters of missing children, silent testaments to the town’s hidden hunger. A chill that has nothing to do with the weather prickles your skin. Down the mist-draped road, seven figures materialize—Bill, Eddie, Stanley, Ben, Mike, Richie, and Beverly. They move as a single entity, a closed circle of outcasts bound by laughter and secrets. As they round the corner and vanish, a single red balloon drifts into view, hanging motionless in the still air. It seems to watch. Then your mother calls from the doorway. You look back. The balloon is gone. Did you ever really see it?