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Joyland
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Recorded Books, Inc. 2013
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IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
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One of the bestselling authors of all time, Stephen King is widely considered a master of both horror and suspense. In Joyland, King offers a tale that makes clear his love for ghosts, mysteries, and crime. It's the summer of 1973, and college student Devin Jones has just landed a job as a carny at a North Carolina amusement park. But as Devin confronts the legacy of a vicious murder and the fate of a dying child, it soon becomes clear that this is a summer job like no other.

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OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
06/04/2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781470345440
Accelerated Reader:
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Level 5.2, 12 Points
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Stephen King. (2013). Joyland. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc.

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Stephen King. 2013. Joyland. Recorded Books, Inc.

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Stephen King, Joyland. Recorded Books, Inc, 2013.

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Stephen King. Joyland. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc, 2013.

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        Michael Kelly begins his rendition of King’s engaging short novel sounding pleasantly satisfied, if wistful, with just a twinge of regret—precisely the mood of Devin Jones, the book’s protagonist. Now in his 60s, Devin recalls the details of how he spent 1973, working as a “Happy Helper” at Joyland, a slightly seedy North Carolina amusement park where, several years before his arrival, a young girl was murdered on a ride called Horror House. Kelly follows King’s lead in fashioning a proper voice for each and every character, creating a delightfully unpretentious and winning listening experience. With this performance, it seems as if Kelly is himself responding to the advice given to new carnival employees by the sweetly paternal Joyland director, Bradley Easterbrook: “Remember,” the old man tells them, “you’re here to sell fun.” A Hard Case paperback.

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        A haunted carnival funhouse gives a supernatural spin to events in Thriller Award–winner King’s period murder mystery with a heart. In the summer of 1973, 21-year-old college student Devin Jones takes a job at Joyland, a North Carolina amusement park. Almost immediately, a boardwalk fortune-teller warns that Devin has “a shadow” over him, and that his destiny is intertwined with that of terminally ill Mike Ross, a 10-year-old boy who has “the sight.” Shortly after Devin meets Mike, Mike makes a cryptic comment: “It’s not white.” This proves a vital clue when Devin begins investigating an unsolved murder committed four years before at the carnival’s Horror House, and quickly stumbles into more than he bargained for. King (The Colorado Kid) brings his usual finesse to this tale’s mystery elements, and makes Dev’s handling of them crucial to the novel’s bigger coming-of-age story, in which Dev adapts to the carny life and finds true romance. Agent: Chuck Verrill, Darhansoff & Verrill.

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