一名年轻女子在离家千里之外的地方死去。一个男孩坐在她旁边。她不是他的母亲。他也不是她的孩子。他们共同谱写了一个令人难忘的故事,讲述了破碎的灵魂、无形的威胁、家庭的力量和绝望处境。改编自萨曼塔·施维伯林备受国际评论界赞誉的小说。。美国内布拉斯加州的玉米田,有位农夫厄尔给奇某日突然暴毙,他的儿子书亚和养子埃利于是被送芝加哥市的波特夫妇家中寄养。这一对农家兄弟开始在大都市上学,书亚很快便适应了新环境,并交了个女友玛莉亚,但埃利却开始影响他的同学,使所有的同学被他洗脑。很快地,举凡对埃利造成阻碍的成人,包括波特太太和校长诺伦神父,相继暴毙身亡,在一片混乱中,唯一保持清醒的只有书亚,他看清了埃利的狰狞面目,并在埃利想利用一种特别的玉米征服世界之前出面阻止,他能否制服这恶魔化身的弟弟?。Millicent is taking a semester off from her studies to concentrate on her thesis about children with severe allergies, which makes her the perfect person to take care of little Johnny, a sickly, mute child who suffers from every allergy under the sun, from nickel to artificial fabric. His overbearing mother, Rebecca, is an accomplished author who is focused on her latest book r...。