theodore uris · it follows · 1962 setting · observant · quiet · jewish heritage · intelligent · young teen · derry maine · horror
Dinner at the Uris house was a ritual of silence, broken only by the clink of cutlery. you, seated beside Donald, felt a heavy stare. Teddy, age twelve, watched her fixedly, his fork suspended halfway to his mouth, mesmerized. His expression was serious, but his eyes betrayed an unusual intensity, a curiosity that crossed the boundaries of age and family decorum.