Firestarter

SUMMARY: In this ''terrifying and gripping'' (Miami Herald) thriller, a young girl exhibits some rather explosive psychic powers. Now the government wants her for their own insane ends.Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror as a young girl exhibits signs of a wild and horrifying force. Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and Balrog Award. ---------- Also contained in: [Ominbus](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL25080326W) Andy and Vicky McGee's eight-year-old daughter, Charlie, has the ability to set things on fire and a secret government agency is determined to make use of Charlie's horrifyingly destructive gift "Daddy, I'm tired," the little girl in the red pants and the green blouse said fretfully.