It - The Girl Next Door connections Immediately after finishing King's It I decided to read Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door. By the way, King states that Ketchum is the scariest guy in America. Book is amazing so far, much gorier and scarier than It (here the source of evil is people, in It it was moster). OK, but that's not the things I wanted to write about. I almost feel like I'm reading the same book! Narrator, and other main characters are about the same age as Losers' Club kids. Both books take place in US in 50s. But what struck me the most: In one scene kids from "The Girl Next Door" spoke about going to cinema to watch "I was a Teenage Werewolf", just the same which scaried Richie Tozier. Amazing, I recommend this to everyone!