The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon The story starts out with 9-year-old Trisha McFarland going on a hike with her brother and her recently divorced mom. Her mom, who is determined to give the kids a good time on the weekends together, dragged them to go on a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail. Her brother, Pete constantly fights with their mom since he’s unhappy that they moved from …showed first 75 words of 483 total…

…showed last 75 words of 483 total…before a hunter came and found her, was through her Walkman at the God of the Lost baseball-style. The man then shot his rifle at the thing that he later questioned if it was a bear or something else. Turned out that Trisha’s disappearance was all over the news. She was then brought to a hospital, where her worried parents and brother came to see her, each of whom blamed themselves for her disappearance.