Carrie

The story of misfit high-school girl, Carrie White, who gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers. Repressed by a domineering, ultra-religious mother and tormented by her peers at school, her efforts to fit in lead to a dramatic confrontation during the senior prom. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - [The Shining / 'Salem's Lot / Night Shift / Carrie][2] ---------- See also: - [Selected from Carrie][3] [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/novel/carrie.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19558521W [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL11018609W/Selected_from_Carrie

Set in

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  Chamberlain · United States

  Fictional Maine town destroyed by Carrie's rampage; the text places it along Royalsborough Road between Durham and Lewis
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  Ewen High School, Lisbon Falls · United States

  Prom-night massacre site; modeled on King's own Lisbon High School in Lisbon Falls, Maine
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  Lewiston, Maine · United States

  Real Maine city named directly in the novel's text (Ewen High lacked private showers 'like the high schools at Westover
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• Brickyard Hill, Lisbon Falls · United States

  Carrie White's neighborhood, named for the real Brickyard Hill Road off Route 9 just south of Lisbon Falls