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It

Published in 1986

Worldwide bestseller about why your emotional intelligence is more important than your IQ

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Movie2017

It

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In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

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Movie2019

It Chapter Two

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27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

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TV Series1990

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In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the creature once and for all when it returns to their hometown.

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Plot

Timeline split into two films instead of alternating chapters

The book alternates between 1958 and 1985. The films split into pure childhood (2017) and adulthood (Chapter Two).

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Author
Stephen King
Year
1986
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit
Rating
4.1/5 (478 ratings)
OpenLibrary
/works/OL81613W

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