The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King , 2000

On a hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself, and then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror. As night falls the girl imagines her hero is there and the terror and fantasy begin. 264 pages Pocket Books paperback, VG Condition