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Carrie By Steven King Book Report

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Do you like scary stories? Then, this book is perfect for you. Carrie, by Steven King, is a story about a young girl living with her extremely Christian mom. Carrie is having a hard time at school. Most of her classmates are bullying her and making her feel bad about herself. Her mother never support her and she never tried to explain her how girls body change. When Carrie got her first period she was shocked. Her thought she was dying and when she asked for help, everybody was just laughing. The main plot of the book is when Carrie found that she can move objects just with her mind. It’s called telekinesis. She decides she wants a revenge and show people how she felt, how weak she was and nobody helped her. We can see how is Carrie changing
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