Title: Imiginary Friend
Description: Christopher is seven years old.
Christopher is the new kid in town.
Christopher has an imaginary friend.

We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.

Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out.

At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again.
Subjects: American literature, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2019-10-20, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, horror, Missing persons, fiction, Parent and child, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Horror, Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy, Mystery Thriller, Horror Thriller, Paranormal, Single mothers, Parent and child, Abused women, Runaway wives, Household Moving, Small cities, Good and evil, Imaginary companions, FICTION / Horror, FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological
Places: Pennsylvania (United States)
People: Kate Reese, Christopher Reese, Mary Katherine