A Novel of a Girl with a Frightening Power
Carrie White is a mousy, shy, repressed girl who is mercilessly teased by her fellow classmates. Her mother is a religious fanatic who walks around in a black cape and imposes her rigid restrictions on Carrie. After Carrie unexpectedly has her first period in the school showers, she is teased by the girls more ruthlessly than before. The gym teacher punishes the girls that were involved and one of them, Sue Snell,...
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