The Gwendy Trilogy · Book 1

Gwendy's Button Box

Published
30 May 2017
Pages
171
ISBN-13
9781587676109
Type
novella
Cover of Gwendy's Button Box

About this book

Gwendy's Button Box opens the trilogy in May 2017 at 171 pages, a novella co-written by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar introducing twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson and the mysterious button box she's given in 1974 Castle Rock.

Key facts about Gwendy's Button Box

Gwendy's Button Box is a novella by Richard Chizmar and Stephen King. Readers have had it since 30 May 2017. It runs to 171 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Gwendy's Button Box. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781587676109 to find the main one.

Gwendy's Button Box is book 1 of 3 in The Gwendy Trilogy series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Gwendy's Final Task is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 15 February 2022.

Additionally, Stephen King writes The Shining, The Dark Tower and The Talisman, plus 2 more series. Those series sit on our horror, epic fantasy and fantasy horror shelves. Meanwhile, Other Worlds Than These is the latest published Stephen King book on file, from 6 October 2026.

About Stephen King

Stephen King is one of the best-selling and most influential American novelists of the modern era, known primarily for horror but ranging freely across suspense, science fiction, and fantasy across a bibliography of more than sixty novels. See every Stephen King book in order.

Its place in The Gwendy Trilogy

Gwendy's Button Box is book 1 in the The Gwendy Trilogy series. It is followed by Gwendy's Magic Feather. See the full The Gwendy Trilogy reading order.

In 1974 Castle Rock, Maine -- King's frequent fictional setting -- twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson is given a mysterious button box by a stranger in a black hat: pressing its buttons dispenses rare coins and chocolate that keeps her young, but one button, he warns, could end the world. Gwendy's Button Box (2017), a novella co-written by King with Cemetery Dance publisher Richard Chizmar, follows Gwendy's adolescence under the weight of a power she never asked for and can't safely give away. Gwendy's Magic Feather…

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