The Institute | Stephen King

In the depths of the Maine forests, there is a dark government facility where children kidnapped from all over the United States are imprisoned. They undergo a series of tests and procedures aimed at integrating their exceptional talents — telepathy and mental manipulation — to generate a focused effect. Luke Ellis is the latest recruit at the facility. He is just a twelve-year-old boy, except he is not only smart but very smart and has another talent the facility wants to exploit... In the facility's playground and its bleak corridors, where posters declare it is "just another day in paradise," Luke and his friend Kelsey and the other children have no doubt that they are prisoners, not guests. There is no hope of escape...