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Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder. Because within the shed is a portal to another world - one whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours.
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Fairy Tale, Stephen King
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- Released
- 2023
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- Title
- Fairy Tale
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stephen King
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1668024543
- ISBN13
- 9781668024546
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Nature, Fantasy, Adventure, Animals, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror, American Literature, Gifts for men, Secrets, Dogs, Parallel Worlds, Life Problems, Magical Portals
- First published
- 2022
- Original title
- Fairy Tale
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder. Because within the shed is a portal to another world - one whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours.