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Name: It
Rating: 4.080357142857 (448 reviews)
Author: Stephen King

📘 It by Stephen King

It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King that follows seven children as they are terrorized by an evil, shape‑changing entity that exploits their deepest fears. The entity primarily hides as Pennywise, the Dancing Clown, to lure its young prey. The novel won the 1987 British Fantasy Award and was nominated for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year. In 2003, it was ranked number 144 on the BBC's The Big Read poll.

First publish date: October 1, 1987

Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror

Authors: Stephen King

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