He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students they married in January of 1971. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them.
When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Yumeko is the ultimate underdog (underfox?) hero here, sacrificing everything to save the world and using her cunning, resilience, and compassion to defeat a formidable enemy.Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. Expect less drinking here (just a scene of saki drinking), a little more swearing (but still mild for a book for mature teens), and two couples, one straight and one gay, spend romantic nights together with only kissing described. Remember all the gory battles from the second book, Soul of the Sword? It's lots more of the same here, and spoiler alert - key characters die painful, drawn-out deaths in battle. It's set in a magical version of feudal Japan with creatures out of Japanese folklore, including one of the main characters, Yumeko, who is half-fox, half-human. Parents need to know that Night of the Dragon is the finale in the Shadow of the Fox trilogy by Julie Kagawa, the best-selling author of the Iron Fey series. Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide.
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