In the novel Firestarter, what is the name of the girl with pyrokinesis?

In Stephen King’s novel Firestarter, the girl with pyrokinesis is Charlie McGee. Charlie is the daughter of Andy McGee and Victoria Tomlinson, two participants in an experimental drug trial involving a substance called Lot 6. The experiment gives her parents limited mental abilities, but Charlie inherits a far more powerful and dangerous gift: she can start and control fires with her mind.

The novel centers on Charlie and Andy as they flee The Shop, a covert government agency determined to capture and study them. The agency views Charlie’s ability as a potential weapon, while her father tries to protect her and teach her to control it. Her powers are emotionally and physically exhausting, making them both a survival tool and a threat.

Charlie is easy to confuse with Carrie White, another King character associated with extraordinary powers, but Carrie has telekinesis and stars in Carrie. Holly Gibney and Abra Stone belong to other King stories, while Charlie McGee is specifically the pyrokinetic child in Firestarter.