An unpopular teenage girl whose mother is a religious fanatic is tormented and teased to the breaking point by her more popular schoolmates and uses her hidden telekinetic powers to inflict a terrifying revenge.
Praise for Stephen King and Carrie

"A master storyteller." --The Los Angeles Times

"Guaranteed to chill you." --The New York Times
 
"Gory and horrifying.... You can't put it down." --Chicago Tribune
 
“[The] most wonderfully gruesome man on the planet.” —USA Today
 
“Eerie and haunting—sheer terror!” —Publishers Weekly
 
“Shivering, shuddery, macabre evil!” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
“Stephen King has built a literary genre of putting ordinary people in the most terrifying situations. . . . he’s the author who can always make the improbable so scary you'll feel compelled to check the locks on the front door.” —The Boston Globe
 
“Peerless imagination.” —The Observer (London)