![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a bit of a Lord of The Flies-type scenario, with some of the scouts being more sensible about what to do than others. I was completely invested in the story and what happens to these boys. I’d get to a particularly horrid description, close my book, take a breather…and then come right back to it. I have never read a book that had me this close to vomiting. But then they grow and feed on you from the inside out. It’s worms-tiny at first, spread through contact or fluids. Whatever infection he brought with him has now spread to Tim, and it just gets worse from there. He notices something…squirming in the man’s stomach. Being the town physician, Tim tends to him and tells the boys to go to their rooms for the night. He seems very sick and desperately hungry. On the first night of the trip, an emaciated man shows up in a small boat. We get some backstory for each of the kids, with their home life and how they know each other. The boys are Max, who is best friends with Ephraim (usually called “Eef,” and has a bit of an anger streak), Newt (the group nerd), Kent (who can be quite bossy), and Shelley, who has some extremely morbid and dark tendencies. ![]()
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