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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
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"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...
2) The Shining
Series
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.
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 surprise for last.
13) Stand By Me
Description
In a small, woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends -- sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman) and scaredy-cat Vern (Jerry O'Connell) -- are in search of a missing teenager's body. Wanting to be heroes in each other's and in their hometown's eyes, they set out on an unforgettable two-day trek that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery. When they encounter the town's knife-wielding hoods, the...
14) Stephen King
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Discusses the life, career, and influence of the popular horror writer Stephen King.
18) Stephen King
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Biography of acclaimed author Stephen King, and an exammination of his most famous works.
Description
In this work of literary fiction, the diary of a young bride gives readers an unusual view of daily life among the aristocracy in the early 1900s, a window into one woman's hidden torment, and a record of the mysterious events at the Rose Red mansion that scandalized Seattle society at the time.