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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write." In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft -- and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his months of recovery, the link between writing and living became more crucial than ever. Rarely has a book on writing been so clear, so useful, and so revealing. On Writing begins with a mesmerizing account of King's...
Language
English
Description
City banker Andy Dufresne arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence. Within the confines of the prison, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red. He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes. With the extraordinary twist in the tale, Andy finds that...
3) The shining
Language
English
Description
A writer and his family are snowbound in a hotel and are haunted by either the hotel itself or the writer's dementia.
Series
Language
English
Description
One fateful night, Johnny Smith smashes head-on into an enormous truck. For five long years, Johnny is plunged into a deep coma. When he awakens, he discovers that his youth, his career and his fiancee, Sara, have all been lost. But Johnny has gained something--extraordinary psychic powers allowing him to see visions of the past, present and future. In episode after episode, Johnny is propelled into horror-filled, supernatural experiences.
5) The shining
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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.
6) 11.22.63
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
On November 22, 1963, President Kennedy was killed in Dallas and the world changed forever. But what if it could be changed back? James Franco stars as Jake Epping, an English teacher who accepts the monumental mission of trying to prevent the assassination of JFK. Luckily, he has the help of Sadie Dunhill (Sarah Gadon), a resourceful librarian who's trying to reconcile secrets of her own. Executive produced by J.J. Abrams and based upon the bestselling...
7) It
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.
10) Rose Red
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon, an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15-year-old autistic girl, Annie, to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion-- Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there.
12) The green mile
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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.
13) It
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A group of bullied kids band together when a monster, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children.
14) The stand
Author
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Release of a killer virus seems ready to destroy all on earth, but the survivors band together, some choosing the demonic leader Randall Flagg, leading to a final showdown between the forces of evil and of good.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After moving to an idyllic home in the countryside, life seems perfect for the Creed family ... but not for long. Louis and Rachel Creed and their two young children settle into a house that sits next door to a pet cemetery--built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Their mysterious new neighbor, Jud Crandall, hides the cemetery's darkest secret ... until a family tragedy brings the secret to life. Now, an unthinkable evil is about to be resurrected....
17) On writing
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
p2000
Language
English
Description
The author shares his insights into the craft of writing and offers a humorous perspective on his own experience as a writer.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
An unauthorized portrait of the influential pop-culture author evaluates the life experiences that shaped his literary achievements, from his disadvantaged childhood in rural Maine to his rapid fame as a writer and struggles with substance abuse.
19) The dead zone
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A man awakens from a six-year coma to discover he has powers to see visions of the past, present and future, a power which drives him insane.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Johnny Smith's life is interrupted by a near fatal car crash that leaves him in a deep coma for six years. When he regains consciousness, he discovers that he now possesses amazing psychic powers that allow him to see into the lives of anyone he touches.