It’s hard to write about high school at all without some kind of (to paraphrase Lewis Carroll)”will he, won’t he, will he, won’t he, will he join the dance”? I don’t read a lot of adult horror (and, in spite of the number of teens who read Stephen King, he wasn’t targeting that audience with Carrie) but there sure are a lot of YA titles that center on the prom, or some other important high school dance. If it were only one book, maybe I wouldn’t have seen a trend. It’s hardly King’s scariest book, but the cruelty other girls show towards Carrie is unforgettable to me. I read it in high school, during study hall, and just as the bell rang in the book, the bell for class dismissal rang in my classroom. As anyone who survived high school can testify, it’s a dangerous (and angsty) time of year. Even if you don’t read horror, you probably know of Carrie, Stephen King’s terrifying novel, made into a movie starring Sissy Spacek. As we “spring into terror” it’s time to recognize a truly special time of year- prom season.
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