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Entry Stephen King book for a kid? (lemmy.world)
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I read a ton of Stephen King as a kid and I think my kid will be into it, but I'm not sure which book would be a good entry point. He has so many different types of story from weird to horror to mind bending. What would you use as a good entry for his horror? For an 11 year old.

Update... Thank you so much everyone! This thread is making me want to reread the books myself too ๐Ÿ˜„

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[โ€“] zout@fedia.io 3 points 5 months ago

I read Thinner around that age, which was ok but maybe not the best entry book for SK. I'd go for Insomnia, Firestarter or maybe the Dead Zone, not sure about that one though.