Joyland

Joyland - Hardcover

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Joyland - Hardcover

Joyland - Hardcover

by Stephen King
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by Stephen King (Author)

Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.

Author Biography

Stephen King has written dozens of bestselling books including The Shining, The Stand, and The Green Mile. Film adaptations of his work include "Misery" and "Stand By Me". In 2003, King received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

Number of Pages: 296
Dimensions: 1 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 23, 2015
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Joyland
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 12
ISBN9781783295326
Author Stephen King
PublisherHard Case Crime
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedSeptember 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages296
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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