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Synopsis
Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller—soon to be a major motion picture! 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...
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Is Firestarter appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
Contains intense violence including government agents pursuing and harming a child with pyrokinetic abilities, scenes of people burning, strong language, and disturbing themes of human experimentation and child endangerment.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include child harm, murder, captivity, and death of parent (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens who love suspenseful stories about people with supernatural powers fighting against dangerous organizations will be gripped by Charlie's terrifying abilities.