Ned (Grandpa), Top, and Pepper have an idyllic relationship on the border of Texas and Oklahoma. Shooting, hunting, dogs, hanging out, uncles and aunts, storms--nice evocation of rural life in 1964. One problem is a major one, though. Some psycho has been killing and skinning animals. He's graduated to humans, and he seems intent on skinning/torturing 10 year-old Top. Nice. Odd tone . . . Little House on the Prairie meets Freddy Krueger.
Excellent start . . . orphaned girl with a knack for chess, taught by janitor, harsh orphanage despite its courtly look.
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