I typically don't read King's books because they are long and I've found that it may take a while to get into. However this book was captivating from the very first chapters. Children, murder, kidnapping, super powers. This book is super intense but in a good way. It seemed like everything keep getting worse and I wondered how the story could continue to stay engaging but it did. This book has made me more open to reading more of King's books.
— AneesahFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It--publishing just as the second part of It, the movie, lands in theaters.
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents--telekinesis and telepathy--who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, "like the roach motel," Kalisha says. "You check in, but you don't check out."