Doctor Sleep : a novel
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New York : Scribner, 2013.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781476727653, 1476727651, 9781451698855, 1451698852, 9781451698862, 1451698860, 9780606357548, 0606357548, 9781587674013, 1587674017
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531 pages ; 25 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 24
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Adult Fiction - Public Shelving
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Published
New York : Scribner, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781476727653, 1476727651, 9781451698855, 1451698852, 9781451698862, 1451698860, 9780606357548, 0606357548, 9781587674013, 1587674017
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5, 24 Points

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The now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) must save a very special twelve-year-old girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless; mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep." Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,5,24,SD,Quiz 161939,English fiction.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

King, S. (2013). Doctor Sleep: a novel (First Scribner hardcover edition.). Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

King, Stephen, 1947-. 2013. Doctor Sleep: A Novel. Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

King, Stephen, 1947-. Doctor Sleep: A Novel Scribner, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

King, Stephen. Doctor Sleep: A Novel First Scribner hardcover edition., Scribner, 2013.

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