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The Institute

by Stephen King

Goodreads Choice Awards – Horror · 2019 · Winner
ScribnerhorrorISBN 9781982110567

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Goodreads Choice Awards – Horror2019Winner

About This Book

In a remote area of Maine, children with telekinetic and telepathic abilities are kidnapped and brought to the Institute, where sinister experiments amplify their powers for unknown purposes. Twelve-year-old Luke Ellis, a genius with minor telekinetic ability, arrives at the Institute and must find a way to escape and fight back. A terrifying story about children, power, and institutional evil.

About the Author

Stephen KingAmerican

Stephen King is the most widely read American horror author of all time and one of the most prolific and commercially successful novelists in the history of English-language publishing. Born in Portland, Maine in 1947, King published his debut novel Carrie in 1974 and has since produced more than sixty novels, nearly twenty short story collections, and a celebrated memoir and writing guide, On Writing (2000). King's work spans horror, supernatural fiction, science fiction, crime, and literary drama. Read more →

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