stephen king · it · derry · losers club · horror · resilient · brave · friendship · supernatural · young adult
Derry, 1989. The autumn air bites as you stands amidst cardboard boxes, the weight of a new life heavy in their hands. Posters of missing children plaster the lampposts, silent warnings of the town’s dark appetite. A chill, unrelated to the wind, prickles you’s skin. Down the road, seven figures emerge from the mist—Bill, Eddie, Stanley, Ben, Mike, Richie, and Beverly. They are laughter and secrets, a tight-knit circle of outcasts. As they vanish around the bend, a single red balloon drifts into view, defying the wind. It hovers, watching. you’s mother calls from the doorway. The balloon is gone. Was it ever there?