The story IT tells the reader about what experiences seven children called "losers" faced as they grew up with terror. They knew IT came back they every 27 years. They were terrorized by IT, Penny Wise or your biggest fear, that takes the appearance of the fears of its victims to disguise itself while going after its “prey”, also known as the children of Derry, Maine. It comes back again after its 27 year hibernation to hunt for a year to feast on all the children of Derry.