Stephen King
1) Pet sematary
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890L
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English
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When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, an undercurrent of danger exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creeds' beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing... as is evidenced by the makeshift pet cemetery in the nearby woods. then there are the warnings to Louis, both real...
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English
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Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds Dolores standing over the body. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life and the only thing that stands between guilt and innocence is the evil secret that made the daughter run away ten years ago.
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Lexile measure
HL 770L
Language
English
Description
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis' parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - who got to this place the same...
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English
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From the Magical Pen of Stephen King, Four Mesmerizing Novellas...
"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption"
An unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge...the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award nominee The Shawshank Redemption.
"Apt Pupil"
Todd Bowden is one of the top students in his high school class and a typical American sixteen-year-old—until
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Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
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Paul Edgecombe is a guard at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary and he's seen just about everything while working on the Green Mile. Then he meets John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a child who has been condemned to die for committing a horrifying crime. But John Coffey has a special talent, and Paul Edgecombe is about to discover the truth about Coffey, and that truth will challenge his most cherished beliefs.
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English
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The small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is faced with a big dilemma when it is mysteriously sealed off by an invisible and completely impenetrable force field. With cars and airplanes exploding on contact, the force field has completely isolated the townspeople from the outside world. Now, Iraq war vet Dale Barbara and a group of the town's more sensible citizens must overcome the tyrannical rule of Big Jim Rennie, a politician bent on controlling...
9) Misery
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1. ed. de Simon & Schuster Libros en Español.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 18 cm
Language
Español
Description
Following an auto accident deep in the Rocky Mountains, novelist Paul Sheldon meets his biggest fan--Annie Wilkes, who becomes his nurse and captor. Now, she wants Paul to write his greatest work just for her--and she has many ways to spur him on.
10) The dark tower
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Industries
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the best-selling book series by highly-acclaimed author Stephen King. The last Gunslinger, Roland has been locked in an eternal battle with the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the epic battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.--From container.