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King, Stephen
CUJO
New York : Viking Press, 1981
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ISBN  0670451932
Cujo is a lovable 200 pound Saint Bernard.  He has never been any trouble.  He is friendly and well liked.  He doesn't quite understand what is happening to him when he is bitten.  Then his life becomes fuzzy and strange.  Cujo has been bitten by a rabid rabbit and now he is being consumed by the disease.  Cujo begins his deadly rampage.  First he bites a neighbor but it soon escalates to savagely biting anyone who comes near him.  Donna Trenton has come to the house to have her car fixed.  As she pulls into the yard, her car stalls.  Before she gets out of the car, she notices Cujo covered in blood.  He lunges at the car.  Now Donna is trapped in the car with her four-year-old son.  The day is hot and the car is getting unbearable.  Young Tad is having trouble breathing.  No one is coming to help.  What will happen to the stranded family? Will anyone be able to find them in time?
SUBJECTS:     Saint Bernard (dog) -- Fiction
                        Dogs -- Fiction
                        Maine -- Fiction
                        Horror

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