Carrie

novel by King

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  • Stephen King
    In Stephen King: Breakthrough with Carrie

    His first published novel, Carrie (1974), is about a tormented teenage girl gifted with telekinetic powers. Its inspiration was sparked by King’s memories of his brief stint working as a janitor in a high school and from an article he had read in Life magazine that proposed that girls…

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