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Pet Sematary
Stephen King
The Creed family moves to rural Maine near a mysterious burial ground that has the power to bring the dead back to life. After tragedy strikes, Louis Creed makes a desperate, terrible decision that unleashes horror on his family.
Did You Know?
- •King considered the novel too disturbing to publish and shelved it; it was only published to fulfill his contract with Doubleday
- •Based partly on King's own experience living near a busy road in Orrington, Maine
- •The misspelling 'Sematary' is intentional, reflecting how children might spell it
- •King has called this the novel that genuinely scared him the most
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