Firestarter : a novel / Stephen King.
Record details
- ISBN: 1668009927 : PAP
- ISBN: 9781668009925 : PAP
- ISBN: 1668009927
- ISBN: 9781668009925
- Physical Description: 498 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©1981
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them, manifesting in even more terrifying ways when they fell in love and had a child. Their daughter, Charlie, has been gifted with the most extraordinary and uncontrollable power ever seen - pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire with her mind. Now the merciless agents of The Shop are in hot pursuit to apprehend this unexpected genetic anomaly for their own diabolical ends by any means necessary... including violent actions that may well ignite the entire world around them as Charlie retaliates with a fury of her own... |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 5.8 24 SD Quiz 18932. |
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Subject: | Psychokinesis > Fiction. Psychic ability > Fiction. Children > Psychic ability > Fiction. Testing laboratories > Fiction. |
Genre: | Horror fiction. Paranormal fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 2 copies available at Bridgeport Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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East Side Branch - Bridgeport | FIC KING (Text) | 34000151335742 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | FIC KING (Text) | 34000151337920 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/05/2024 |
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Summary:
Andy McGee and Vicky Tomlinson were once college students looking to make some extra cash, volunteering as test subjects for an experiment orchestrated by the clandestine government organization known as The Shop. But the outcome unlocked exceptional latent psychic talents for the two of them, manifesting in even more terrifying ways when they fell in love and had a child. Their daughter, Charlie, has been gifted with the most extraordinary and uncontrollable power ever seen - pyrokinesis, the ability to create fire with her mind. Now the merciless agents of The Shop are in hot pursuit to apprehend this unexpected genetic anomaly for their own diabolical ends by any means necessary... including violent actions that may well ignite the entire world around them as Charlie retaliates with a fury of her own...