The institute: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., ©2019.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
561 pages ; 25 cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Points: 27
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 770L
Rating:
HL770L
Status:
Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction
F KING
Description
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.” In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don’t, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute.
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Lost and Paid
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FIC KIN
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King, Stephen (Institute)
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KING
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FIC KING
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FIC KING
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FIC/KING
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FIC/KING
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F KING
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FIC KING
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FIC KING
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FIC HOR King
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FIC KING
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Fiction King
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Fiction King, Stephen
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FIC KING (SEP 19)
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F KING c. 2
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FIC KING
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F KING
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Fiction King
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F KING, Stephen
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FIC KIN
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KING
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FIC KING
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781982110567, 1982110562
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.3, 27 Points
Level 5.3, 27 Points
Lexile code:
HL: High-Low
Lexile measure:
770
Notes
Description
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.” In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don’t, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute.
Target Audience
HL770L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,5.3,27,505198
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APA Citation (style guide)
King, S. (2019). The institute: a novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)King, Stephen, 1947-. 2019. The Institute: A Novel. Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)King, Stephen, 1947-, The Institute: A Novel. Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)King, Stephen. The Institute: A Novel. First Scribner hardcover edition. Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2019.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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