The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Karen Cushman, 1996
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Jeremy Kagan, 2001

After the death of her father in 1850, 14-year-old California Whipple moves from Massachusetts to a mining town in California with her mother and her younger brother and sister. As an avid reader, her sensibilities are offended by the dreary surroundings and the roughneck behavior of the miners, and she wishes she could go home. Instead, she decides to change her name to Lucy, and tries to make the best of her new life.


Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1977 book, Children of the Corn
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Children of the Corn
Stephen King, 1977
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Ethan Wiley, 1998

A group of teenagers become lost in middle America and arrive in Divinity Falls, where forgotten children have taken on the duty of serving He Who Walks Behind the Rows. Upon arrival, they are stopped by Ezekial, who could be considered the leader of the children, and he informs them they are on private property and must leave.