Now I have another question. I see that many of the heroes in the SK novels are young boys (sometimes girls) between the age of eleven and thirteen (give or take a year or two).
I can't list them all but Salem's 'Lot comes to mind as well as IT, Desperation, The Dark Tower Series, the short story The Sun Dog from Four Past Midnight. Needful Things (even though Alan Pangborn is the hero, there is still the young boy who begins the novel. Then there is Hearts In Atlantis (which I like very much as I am a child of the 1960s). I just remembered Silver Bullet. Danny in The Shining (younger than 11?)
I guess I'll have to stop, I just keep remembering more and more.
All of the characters (except in Needful Things) are intelligent, resourceful and very brave. They are usually wiser than the adults and have much more curiosity as well as fortitude.
I can't list them all but Salem's 'Lot comes to mind as well as IT, Desperation, The Dark Tower Series, the short story The Sun Dog from Four Past Midnight. Needful Things (even though Alan Pangborn is the hero, there is still the young boy who begins the novel. Then there is Hearts In Atlantis (which I like very much as I am a child of the 1960s). I just remembered Silver Bullet. Danny in The Shining (younger than 11?)
I guess I'll have to stop, I just keep remembering more and more.
All of the characters (except in Needful Things) are intelligent, resourceful and very brave. They are usually wiser than the adults and have much more curiosity as well as fortitude.