Rage

In 1977, Signet Books published a YA novel called Rage by Richard Bachman. The author was really Steven King, but publishers at the time thought it was unwise to print more than one book a year from an author, so King used the pen name. Rage was pretty popular, and it was an engaging, well-written story. However, when you, here in 2024, find out what the plot involved, you will immediately see the problem. King himself eventually turned against his own novel. The author can't help that his scary stories appeal to young readers, but since then he has mainly stuck to supernatural terrors, such as drain-dwelling clowns and telekinetic prom queens.