

Almost daily, they’re made to undergo painful, embarrassing, and cryptic physical tests which draw out their supernatural abilities. There, he meets other extraordinary kids who have been abducted from their homes. He wakes up in a place called The Institute. Then, one night, Luke is kidnapped from his home. But his abilities are so weak that he thinks nothing of it. He’s an easygoing kid who, on occasion, can make small objects move with his mind. Luke Ellis is a 12-year-old Minnesotan with a genius-level IQ and his sights set on starting college. And I knew that, whether this was a straightforward horror tale or a psychological thriller, it was going to capture my interest. I love adult stories with child protagonists. Something about that boy sitting in a train car resembling a bedroom called to me.

From the time I saw the cover reveal for Stephen King’s The Institute, I knew that it wouldn’t be a book that I borrowed but bought to own.
