Cujo

Written by Stephen King

A gentle family dog turns into a deadly threat after a bat bite in a small town.

3.8 Goodreads · 334,314 ratings

400 pages· 115,344 words· 830L· AR 6.3 · 19 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

In Castle Rock, Maine, Cujo, a friendly two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, chases a rabbit into a cave and is bitten by a rabid bat. As the sickness takes hold of him, the troubles of two local families collide with the dog, and a mother and her young son find themselves trapped in a broken-down car under a blazing summer sun.

From the publisher

The #1 New York Times bestseller, Cujo "hits the jugular" (The New York Times) with the story of a friendly Saint Bernard that is bitten by a bat. Get ready to meet the most hideous menace ever to terrorize the town of Castle Rock, Maine.Cujo used to be a big friendly dog, lovable and loyal to his trinity (THE MAN, THE WOMAN, and THE BOY) and everyone around him, and always did his best to not be a BAD DOG. But that all ends on the day this nearly two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard makes the mistake of chasing a rabbit into a hidden underground cave, setting off a tragic chain of events. Now Cujo is no longer himself as he is slowly overcome by a growing sickness, one that consumes his mind even as his once affable thoughts turn uncontrollably and inexorably to hatred and murder. Cujo is about to become the center of a horrifying vortex that will inescapably draw in everyone around him--a relentless reign of terror, fury, and madness from which no one in Castle Rock will truly be safe...

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