Entry Stephen King book for a kid? (lemmy.world)

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I read a ton of Stephen King as a kid and I think my kid will be into it, but I'm not sure which book would be a good entry point. He has so many different types of story from weird to horror to mind bending. What would you use as a good entry for his horror? For an 11 year old.

Update... Thank you so much everyone! This thread is making me want to reread the books myself too 😄

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[-] kaitco@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I would actually recommend Michael Crichton for an 11-year-old rather than King.

Jurassic Park, Sphere, Congo, Andromeda Strain; all fantastic novels that will be interesting without traumatizing a young reader.

I read King’s The Stand at age 11, and about halfway through it, I literally remember thinking, “I might be too young to be reading this…” If you are set on introducing King, Thinner is all right, but I think King’s writing is really best for teens (like 16+) and older.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I read a collection of King's short stories when I was about 12, and they still haunt me to this day. I also read all these Michael Crichton books and they were much more my style at the time

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