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Author
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
This volume "really contains two books: a fondly sardonic autobiography and a tough-love lesson for aspiring novelists", written by American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy, Stephen King (b. 1947). The first third of the book contains King's memoir, which includes heartfelt tidbits about his brother, mother and his long battles with alcohol and drug addiction. The second part of the book, "On Writing," is where...
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Haunting us with such unforgettable stories as The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Salem's Lot, Carrie, The Green Mile, and Pet Semetary, Stephen King has been an anchor of American horror, science fiction, psychological thrillers, and suspense for over forty years. His characters have brought chills to our spines and challenged our notions of reality while leaving us in awe of the perseverance of the human spirit. As the first book in the new Great...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
In 1969, a young Jud Crandall dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding, and once unearthed has the power to destroy everything in its path. Based on the untold chapter from...
Author
Publisher
Book-of-the Month Club
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
This is an exlcusive Book-of-the-Month Club anthology of hard-to-find non-fiction pieces, little-known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows"-or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom.
8) It
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
"Tommy Lee Wallace co-writes and directs this two-part miniseries based on Stephen King's novel. In 1990, a group of seven childhood friends, known as The Losers Club, reunite to combat a mysterious threat which they had thought was long since buried. Lurking in the shadows, and preying on their innermost fears, a shape-shifting, supernatural predator, manifesting as a killer clown called Pennywise (Tim Curry), prepares to strike again. NOTE:The disc...
11) The shining
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
When a couple takes a job as hotel caretakers for the winter, their young son's psychic powers bring out the evil in the old hotel.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
""Red" Redding is a lifer who knows the ropes at Maine's Shawshank State Prison. New inmate Andy Dufresne is a quiet banker, unjustly convicted of murder. Andy's indomitable will earns Red's friendship and his resourcefulness brings hope and change to the entire prison. Andy is full of surprises-- and he saves his best for last." -from container.
13) Firestarter
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A little girl with the power to start fires with her mind and her telekinetic father try to save themselves from a government agency intent on destroying them.
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which...
16) Doctor Sleep
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Dan Torrance remains traumatized by the sinister events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when he was a child, spending his days self-medicating away the 'shine' with alcohol. His hope for a peaceful existence soon becomes shattered when he meets Abra, a teen who shares his extrasensory gift. Together, they form an unlikely alliance to battle the True Knot, a cult whose members try to feed off the shine of innocents to become immortal.
17) Salem's Lot
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Into the sleepy little hamlet of Salem's Lot comes a stranger who unleashes an insidious evil so devastating it threatens to destroy the entire town and everyone in it. Ben Mears, a young novelist, returns home to Salem's Lot, determined to write a book about the eerie old Marsten House which overlooks the town. It is Mears' conviction that the source of all the trouble is the house itself, which he believes attracts evil to it. With the help of his...
18) The green mile
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A death row inmate in a Southern prison possesses the unusual gift of healing. A guard discovers the inmate's miraculous power and begins to question the man's guilt.
19) 11.22.63
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
When teacher Jake Epping discovers a time portal that leads to October 21, 1960, he travels to the past in an attempt to stop the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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