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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by R. L. Stine. By Simon Pulse. The regular list price is $5.99. Sells new for $2.06. There are some available for $1.99.
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5 comments about The Rich Girl (Fear Street Series #44).

  1. R.L. Stine's "Fear Street" is a classic series. He is one of those authors who's writing appeals to people of all ages, no matter how many years have gone by since the books were published. I for one, have been a fan of "fear Street" for many years now. In fact, I started with the ever popular "goosebumps" series, and then moved onto "fear street" and have been reading and collecting the series ever since. Even though I'm 19 now, I still enjoy indulging myself in these books. Sure, the storylines are a bit corny for someone of my age, yet I still find great enjoyment in reading them.

    I'm very fond of this particular book in the series, because it was the first "fear street" book that I ever read. Now that I've read the book numerous times, I realize that the plot is a bit ridiculous (even more so than some of the other books in the series) but there's also a great twist, and a really clever ending, which helps to make up for the semi-lame plot.

    The book is about two best friends, Sydney and Emma, who find a bag of money in a garbage can outside of their workplace. Sydney, the rich girl, is hesitant to keep it, but Emma, the poor one, convinces her that they should keep it, and they decide to hide the money and agree not to tell anyone about it until their sure its safe. Sydney breaks the agreement and lets their secret slip to her boyfriend Jason, and Emma becomes convinced that Jason is planning on murdering the both of them in order to keep the money for himself. In order to ensure their safety, emma and sydney agree to let Jason have a share of the money, but Emma ends up "killing" Jason after he tries to take the money for himself. Afterwards, strange things start happening to Sydney, and she's convinced that someone saw her and emma in the woods the night that they killed Jason, and she's also convinced that Jasons ghost is haunting her.

    But is Jason really dead...?

    If you've never read a fear street book, I do recommend that you read this one. Even though its not my favorite one out of the series, its the one that managed to get me addicted, so I'm sure it'll do the same for you!


  2. Emma and Sydney find a duffel of money in the dump. Emma tells Sydney not to tell anyone but Sydney breaks her promise and tells her boyfriend about it. The ending is really funny!


  3. This is the one of the many books of the Fear Street series, and it's really good. Fear Street is a series about scary and/or supernatural events that happen to teenagers in a ficitional town called Shadyside. In this book, two best friends find a duffle bag stuffed with thousands of dollars. The friend who comes from a wealthy family wants to turn it in, but her poor friend begs her to bury the money with her and keep it secret until they can spilt it up and share it. One tells her boyfriend, and tricks and twists proceed. This has a pretty good twist ending and gives a good taste of future books in the series.Pulitizer material it's not, but for young teens, or anyone wanting a quick thrilling read, this suits the bill just fine.


  4. A rich girl who doesn't financially need to work, but only works so that she knows what it is like to have to work, and a poor girl who has to work find a bag of money. The rich girl doesn't need the money, but the poor wants it. They decide to hold it for a while and if nobody claims it, they'll keep it. The suspense is very thrilling, because you don't know if anybody will claim it or not. And I'm not going to tell because you have to read the book yourself and I don't want to ruin it for anyone.

    I've read many R.L. Stine Fear Street Books, and even though they are all good, this book is one of the better ones.


  5. I bought one book from the series at a book fair and my students had to have all of them. I ordered this book a month ago and it never stays in the book bin. A student is reading it at all times.


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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by Darren Shan. By Little, Brown Young Readers. The regular list price is $15.99. Sells new for $3.48. There are some available for $0.49.
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5 comments about The Demonata #1: Lord Loss: Book 1 in the Demonata series.

  1. I wasn't quite sure what to expect out of this title and as a result was shockingly pleased at how much I enjoyed it. I have a fairly active imagination, so the pictures painted of Lord Loss and his minions will probably stick with me for a while. I couldn't put this down and read it over the course of a Sunday afternoon. The plot was fast and gripping, and I could feel myself getting wrapped up in their universe.
    As far as the age-appropriateness, I can't really make a judgment call since I don't have children of any age. I would say it depends on the vividness of each person's imagination. The imagery was gory, but it all added to the effect, it wasn't gore for the sake of gore. I definitely recommend this title for horror fans looking for a quick and thrilling scare.


  2. Darren Shan has talent in taking the horrible and face-first macabre and combining it with stunning emotion. For example, this first adventure of Grubbs Grady who comes home to find his family murdered in the worst, most undescribable (yet Shan describes it anyway) imaginable. Which really has to suck. I applaud Shan for keeping the emotion and insanity in keeping with the fast-paced plot of wizards, demons, and a good game of chess.


  3. I am a teen reader and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story. The premise for the story is very original what with the whole chess thing (certainly different from anything I've read). It didn't take long for the action to get started and several unexpected twists kept the story from being too predictable.

    Be advised though; this story is NOT for those who are easily disturbed and do not appreciate graphic descriptions of gore.


  4. First book in the Demonata series.

    Grubitsch "Grubbs" Grady goes to live with his Uncle Dervish in a creepy old mansion after his parents and sister are torn to shreds by an evil demon named Lord Loss and his familiars, Vein and Artery. Grubbs witnesses the gory scene, but escapes by tapping into a magical ability he never knew he possessed. Once in his uncle's house, Grubbs learns more than he ever wanted to know about the Grady family curse, which involves werewolves, demons, and chess.


  5. Lord Loss is an exciting fantasy/horror story, filled with suspense that left me wanting to read more. After his parents are killed by the demon master, Lord Loss, a teenage is introduced into a world of demons and magic by his uncle. I think a lot of teenagers would enjoy reading this book. Darren Shan uses every word in the book to describe the characters, the thing around them, and their feelings. The story is completely unpredictable and I was left reading chapteer after chapter, The characters are realistic and I can relate to what they feel. I gave this book a 4 out of 5. It is one of my favorite books because of how the story is told which so much detail in every sentence.


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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by R. L. Stine. By HarperTeen. The regular list price is $6.99. Sells new for $2.00. There are some available for $0.01.
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5 comments about Dangerous Girls.

  1. It might be just me but...the way he wrote this one made me queezy. I didn't like how Renz was obsessed with "His Laura" I also didn't like how the plot was repeating...Destiny goes and almost dies then livvy does .. then destiny.Boring.


  2. This is just my opinion, but I like how suspenceful it is. I like the Characters and how they are different from each other. It was a little confusing. I couldn't figure out why Renz thought that biting twin sisters Destiny and Livvy would bring his girlfriend back. But I love how twins are involved in the book. I want to read it AGAIN. It was gripping and interesting. At times it went slow-paced, and that's okay, but occasionally it went too slow-paced for me. This is the first R.L. stine book that was about vampires that I have read, except for the "Goosbumps" series. Good Job R.L. Stine!


  3. I LIKED it, but it didn't have as much vampire things happening in it. Also, the vampire things weren't very detailed. Vague detail. It had some exciting parts that i loved, but it didn't have much to it. It was too breezy.


  4. Destiny Weller and her twin sister Livvy came back from Camp Blue Moon with a thirst for blood. Now they're drinking animals blood at night.
    Two of their friends were found dead with their blood drained.
    WIll they find the Restorer to bring them back to normal? Will the Vampire Hunters find them and kill them???
    Very good book I read the whole thing on a four hour plane ride. It was a little bit girly. The ending was kind of sad. I can't wait to read Dangerous Girls 2 The Taste of Night.
    --Scott Schaeffer age 10


  5. The novel "Dangerous Girls" is highly recommended for anyone who enjoy the paranormal and fantasy creatures such as, in this case, vampires. The book is cleverly written, and contains good, various bits of suspense, explanatory descriptions, normal life contra fiction.
    One of the very best teenager books of R.L. Stine that I have ever read, and I have read at least 40, I believe.


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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by R. L. Stine. By Archway Paperbacks. The regular list price is $5.99. Sells new for $0.65. There are some available for $0.01.
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5 comments about Halloween Party (Fear Street, No. 8).

  1. I am 23 and i still love fear street books...this one is a great one you would never expect whats going to happen next...i received this quickly also the seller was kate sooo buy from her


  2. This is one of it not the best of R. L. Stine's Fear Street collection. This book is a rollercoaster of action, just when you think what is happening as a chapter ends a surprise at the start of the next chapter turns the story on its head. This book would also make a very good B grade teen horror/thriller movie.

    In Halloween Party there's a new girl in school named Justine and she is undoubtedly the hottest girl the boys have ever seen. They have all tried to get to know her but she brushes them off, all the girls want to be her friend for the obvious benefits of picking up the boys she brushes off. However they don't seem to be any more successful getting close to her than the boys are. So when Justine sends out invitations to nine of them (no partners aloud) to attend her Halloween party they sure aren't going to turn her down. She is very strict on the guest list, no one else can come and there seems to be no correlation between the guests, they are not part of one group, not all are friends, in fact some are even enemies. It seems a strange combination of potential friends or is it? As the party kicks off Justine and her uncle (the chaperone) have a lot of tricks in store for her guests. The wimps and jocks of the group also have a plan to scare each other. As the frights get more and more realistic and terrifying it seems someone is taking scaring the others to death rather literally!


  3. Nine people have been invited to Justine Cameron's Halloween Party. The strange thing is these people are not exactly friends with each other.


  4. A new girl in school invites certain people to a Halloween party. But there is no rhyme or reason as to why she invites these particular ones. They wonder why she chooses the ones she did. They aren't necessarily her friends, or friends with each other. It seems as though she picked people at random. A few people got their feelings hurt because they weren't invited. And there is a peculiar mystique about this new girl in school.

    The people who were invited all go to the party. It starts out with a lot of food, music, and fun. There are Halloween pranks. Are they for fun or for real? You will find out. You will also find out what the mystique is about this girl. You also find out why she invited these particular people; there actually was a reason.

    R. L. Stine's Fear Street books are awesome. I have read many of them. Even though I am not a teen, I enjoy them. I don't think I will ever get too old for them. Sometimes we just need a fun, young, less serious book.


  5. This book is always keeping you on your toes you just never know whats going to happen next.It is one of the best books I have ever read! It's about this girl named justine and she is new at school and she wants to fit in so she decides to throw a party for some of the kids she wanted to get to know more. So she did and while they were at the party many strange things were happening like people went missing and even some one had died and you would never guess who was the master mind of all these strange things happening until you read the end of the book. This book is very good and i think you should read it if you like your heart throbbing threw the whole book.


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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by R. L. Stine. By Simon Pulse. The regular list price is $5.99. Sells new for $2.00. There are some available for $0.81.
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5 comments about Moonlight Secrets (Fear Street Nights #1).

  1. This is book one in a trilogy so you will want to make sure there are copies to purchase of or your library also has Midnight Games and Darkest Dawn as well. A very good and entertaining read.

    A group of kids hang out in an abandoned house where the previous deceased resident was rumoured to be a witch. They stumble upon a secret room and find jewellery inside which they steal. For these thieves the bullies amongst them get their comeuppance for the tormentation of Candy (also one of those who stole jewels), in a series of terrifying events which are also very entertaining for the reader.


  2. Lewis and Jamie sneak away at night to the Fear Street Mansion.Soon there friends start doing the same.One night while at the Mansion a wall falls down revealing a secret room,the room contains the treasures of the Fear Family.Who were terrible and evil.Especially Angelica Fear who killed alot of people.Anyway the kids help themselves to the stuff.Candy takes an amulet pendant.Soon bad things start happening to Candy's friends who are now her emeny's.Really bad things is someone trying to kill them ? Why does Candy always wear that pendant.So they set out to find out before it's to late.


  3. Lewis and Jamie just wanted some time to be alone in-between working hard in school, college applications, and after-school jobs. So the two seniors snuck out together. Each night, after their parents went to sleep, a little after midnight, they would head out. Then the trend caught on. Soon, Lewis and Jamie weren't the only teens sneaking out at night. First, they went to the old burned-down Fear Mansion, where rats and spiders were found in groups, but it didn't bother them much. Then the Fear Mansion was turned down, and the gang started hanging out at a new bar called Nights - built on top of the Fear Mansion. They were the Night People. But Jamie and Lewis, they remember the crazy stuff that happened, the stuff that caused them to be left back, and repeat Senior year, and leave them in the hospital for months. They all just wanted to have a good time, and hang out with their friends with no parents around to interfere with them. But then the nights turned bleak. Accidents began to happen, pranks gone wrong, and death. Now the Night People must find out the truth, before their secret is exposed.

    I have been a fan of R.L. Stine since I was 6-years-old, and have loved everything that he's ever penned. Though MOONLIGHT SECRETS, and the FEAR STREET NIGHTS series, in general, has got to be one of my favorite trilogies by him. Jamie and Lewis are eerie characters, whose cryptic memories of that night at the Fear Mansion send shivers up your spine, while many of the other characters - Shark, Nate, Candy - each possess their own strange quirks. Narrated by Nate, MOONLIGHT SECRETS is a fabulous novel, and sets the groundwork for its sequels MIDNIGHT GAMES and DARKEST DAWN.

    Erika Sorocco
    Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper


  4. Well, I thought that Moonlight Secrets would have been better but it was good.When Candy always used to rub the stone I thought that she would have been doing all that stuff.When ever things used to happen she will be rubbing it and saying words nobody can hear.When cockroaches came out of his mouth that was gross!But the ending was very shocking.Once I found out the stone was fake I was suprised. I will be reading Midnight Games to see what happened.


  5. This is a good book with two problems. We never got a charecter discription. The night people could have had three heads, we just don't know. The second is we don't know what we are fighting. I think it is Angelica Fear. All we know is they killed Candy for no reason. But it is still a good book. Book one in the trilogy


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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by Sean Olin. By Simon Pulse. The regular list price is $8.99. Sells new for $3.00. There are some available for $0.01.
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5 comments about Killing Britney.

  1. After the death of Britney's mother, she transforms from being a nerd, to a blond haired popular girl when she started dating a hockey jock, Ricky. Then, everything goes wrong. Ricky dies in a hit-and-run, her best friend's brother, and her best friend die, and it didn't end there. This is an intense book full of surprises; although, it is confusing at times. I'm still a little confused by it. This book is really descriptive, but the author, Sean Olin, could have left out some inappropriate parts. Without those parts, I would have liked the book a lot better. This book also has a lot of gory descriptions in it, like when Melissa got ran over by one of those big ice cleaner machines that they use to clean ice skating rinks. The descriptions went a little overboard, and it got pretty disgusting. In a way the gory descriptions made me want to stop reading, but I kept reading to find out who the killer was and why. This book was pretty creative and full of intensity and surprises, but I do not recommend this book for anyone who is under the age of 13. Overall the book was okay. It's not a book I'd just pick up and read again, though.


  2. I can only say wow because once I started reading the book it caught my attention and I really think it was one of the first books to do that it had me on edge the whole time I really love the thrille of the book but the ending was the most shocking end I have read in awhile considering most of the books I have read are series lol and STILL haven't have finished lol but back to the point the end will have your mind racing and think back some people might not like that but all in all I really enjoy the book.


  3. I think Killing Britney was a great book, both in mystery and horror/thriller. It was definently a pageturner and I didn't want to set the book down; every chapter left you wanting to continue on with the book. I only gave the book 4 stars however, because it was slightly confusing, especially the end, which I kind of wish had been different. Olin makes it feel as if you really are Britney and you can just picture each and every thing as if it were a horror movie. This book is pretty good, though I would recommend it for ages 13+, maybe even 14.


  4. this book is a mystery of its own, Sean Olin has created an engaging plotline with a mixture of different types of characters, from the stuck up populars to the old boring freaky friends. I read this book quickly, i was sucked into the story and really wanted to know what was going to happen next. it was so hard to put down!


  5. I have to say this upfront, i LOVE the ending. very nice. the death scenes were a little too gory for the rest of the book. the other scenes weren't that detailed so it was kinda weird to know about how the torso was ripped from the body and all that jazz.. Adam, to me, sounds like a hottie. haha. =]] he's all mysterious and sarcastic and i loved.. the last scene he's in.. (yes i'm intentionally being vague)

    i hated how britney was all "yay! I looove being a clone! let's go to clone parties and have clone babies and ditch my other friends for the clooones!!" :twitch: And the ATKINS DIET? REALLY? i'm surprised she hasn't had a heart attack. And COME ON not EVERYBODY loves hockey so not EVERYBODY is going to be at the games..

    But i LOVED everything else. espescially the engagement ring. i had suspisons (yeah i butchered it) about the stupid thing to begin with..


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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by L.J. Smith. By Simon Pulse. The regular list price is $3.99. Sells new for $600.00. There are some available for $13.28.
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5 comments about The Kill (The Forbidden Game, Vol. 3).

  1. I read this book years ago and I remember absolutely loving it. It's taken me years to find it again (I could never remember the title or author). I'm not sure I've ever read a book that has haunted me and disturbed me as much as this one.

    A group of teens face an evil, deserted amusement park with rides and objects intent on doing them harm. Jenny, Dee, Michael and Audrey all set out to find Jenny's boyfriend, Tom and her cousin, Zach. Jenny constantly resists the charming Julian and proves herself as stronger than anyone ever thought her to be. Julian, who was introduced earlier in the series as the demanding and ruthless evil Shadow Man, shows that he has a much more caring and vulnerable side. Jenny and her friends face various obstacles and change along the way- their support, friendship and solidarity strengthening each other. The ending is bittersweet and, in my opinion, a tearjerker.

    L.J. Smith should really consider writing a sequel to this series! The ending ends with some hope and really, I find the possibilities of what could be done now to be extremely interesting.

    (Spoiler) What do you all think would happen IF Julian's name was carved once again? Would he be the same Julian with the same feelings, would he be as Julian was when he was first born, or would be another being entirely? These questions were never fully answered and I would love to know!


  2. I do detest the ending however I don't think I'll spoil it for you but never the less still good story.


  3. This entire Trilogy is just amazing. I was given a present of the first book when I was about 7 (10 years ago), and I immediately wanted the next two! I fell in love with Julian there and then, and was never able to understand why Jenny didn't just choose him! I've read these books over 20 times, and they're all falling apart. Everybody in the entire world should read them, because you're missing out if you don't. I highly recommend them. The last book is a nice finish, but it's incredibly sad. I wish it had ended differently! (...)


  4. In the trilogy of the Forbidden game i thought that the first and third were the best books I've ever read, and although the second was good it didnt even compare to these. I thought the game was great but if I were jenny I'm afraid I would miss out on it because one look and a few words from Julian and I would run away with him straight away. The books were made to be so real that I'm still searching for my own door, call me sad but you have to admit if Julian wanted you, you wouldn't be able to resist!


  5. This was the first LJS book I ever read and it awakened me. Never before had I realised what a book could truly do to a person. This, the final book of the Forbidden Game trilogy, really gives the reader an insight to all the characetrs. It shows how they have developed, especially Julian. It also brings out different feelingsof the main characetr, Jenny. She learns so much about Julian and learns to understand. This book is definatly the most important and is a wonderful way to end the trilogy.

    This is my favourite book, only challenged by other of L J Smith's works. She is an amazing woman and it is well worth reading her stuff.



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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by R. L. Stine. By Simon Pulse. The regular list price is $5.99. Sells new for $2.09. There are some available for $0.01.
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5 comments about The Stepsister (Fear Street, No. 9).

  1. R.L Stine has written one his best ever novels with terror filled pages ride of The Stepsister. Stine brings up many would be suspects for the crimes in this Fear St household and the reader will even wonder at times if being the victim is all in Emily (the main character)'s head. You will no doubt work out what is going on before it is revealed in the final pages but the fun is the thrill ride of an adventure in getting there. There's also a sequel The Stepsister 2 (Fear Street, No. 33).

    Emily is ecstatic when she learns she is going to have a new sister. After the recent death of her father her mother has decided to shack up with her new boyfriend who Brady Bunch style is bringing along two kids of his own to join Emily and her sister Nancy. Not much room in this household though, so Emily will be sharing a room with her new stepsister Jessie. Jessie immediately starts to become bossy and insists on taking Emily's bed for herself. Emily is to cowardly to speak up for herself and thinks she'll make the most of the situation and just live with it until Jessie rips the head off her teddybear and yells at her dog. Emily wants to believe the decapitation was an accident and get along with Jessie but it is not long before it becomes obvious someone is trying to harm her. A shower accident, her dog is dead this is just beginning of Emily's terror. She thinks Jessie wants harm her. Does she? There's also the self centered abusive to his son Rich, step father. Rich himself seems to be a bit of weirdo, spending his days reading Stephen King and nights being brought home by the police. Emily also is dating her sister's exboyfriend so maybe she holds a grudge. All fingers in Emily's mind however point to Jessie when she reads her diary and learns that her old schoolmates suspect Jessie of murdering a classmate. Will she be Jessie's next victim or be able to convince her mum and stepfather that Jessie needs to be committed?


  2. This Book was a really great book! I would reccomend this book to anyone! If you buy this you won't be dissapointed. I really coulden't put this book down. I'm one of those people who don't like to re-read books but I actully re-read it! This is a great book trust me!


  3. In this book "The Stepsister", you will read horrible things that will keep you reading for hours. Maybe even days! Usually when I start to read a book, I never finish it. But this book, once I started to read it... I could not stop reading it! In this book Emily Casey is the main character and her mom is getting married to her soon to be step dad. He and his two kids, Jesse and Rich are moving in with Emily and her family. They soon move in and not even two days later, weird things begin to happen to Emily. Changes... So far her and Jesse have not gotten along so far at all. Jesse for no reason is doing all these evil things to Emily!! Emily just knows it's her! Jesse puts peroxide in her shampoo to change her hair color, she tries to steal her boyfriend, and thats not all! Death taking things happen! If you want to find out what happens, then you should read this book. If you like twisted, evil, back-stabbing books... Well then what are you waiting for! Read this book! I did.


  4. I liked the book because it had a surprise ending. It was kind of boring at the beginning but once something bad happened it started to get interesting.
    The book Stepsister was about a high school girl named Emily, her sister Nancy, and her stepsister named Jessie. One day when Jessie was taking a nice calm bath, Emily starts to read Jessie's diary. The entry she read was something that she thought that Jessie did was true. The whole time Jessie was living with them some bad things happened, for example, when Emily got home from a dance she found her dog dead. Then the next day she finds her dogs dead body in her backpack. But at the end something happens that you wouldn't expect.
    I think this book will be good for anyone older than 10 because little kids they would probably think it was scary. Another reason is that there are words that little kids wouldn't understand.


  5. it wasn't really scary but it was interesting n exciting.its definately worth reading.

    Emily's new stepsister(Jessie) takes over Emily's room,steals her clothes,also lies to everyone.Emily tries to get along with her,but she doesn't trust Jessie.Emily is terrified of her.She learns a horrible secret from Jessies diary.Has Jessie acually killed?emily must expose Jessie before its too late.


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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by R. L. Stine. By Simon Pulse. The regular list price is $5.99. Sells new for $2.61. There are some available for $0.01.
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2 comments about Darkest Dawn (Fear Street Nights #3).

  1. The horror is over or is it? Jamie and her cusion think so,after all they killed Angelica Fear in Jamie's Garage.Then Why is a blackbird with one eye terrorizing them? Plus what did Angelica mean when she said the Evil lives? Is the blackbird Angelica returning from the dead to seek revenge or can it be Jamie imaging things???You'll have to read the book to find out.


  2. The Night People can finally rest at ease. The evil is gone. Done with. And while the memories of the vicious pranks, and horrific murders are still emblazoned in everyone's minds, they are nothing more than a part of the past. Everything is back to normal. At last. The friends who are still breathing - Dana, Jamie, Nate, Shark, Lewis - are trying to put their lives back together, and still meet late at night at their beloved hangout, Nights, where they can forget about the past. After all, it was Angelica Fear's ancient spirit that was wreaking havoc. And now Angelica is dead. Burned in a fire that destroyed her body, soul, and spirit for all eternity. But if it's true. If Angelica is truly dead, then how come Jamie still feels an evil spirit lingering around. And what did Angelica actually mean when she screamed out, "The evil lives," through the crackling of the flames.

    It is a huge rarity for me to read an entire trilogy/book series all in a row based solely on the fact that I usually get bored with characters. That obviously doesn't apply to Stine's books, for after finishing MOONLIGHT SECRETS, I quickly moved onto MIDNIGHT GAMES, and finished up the trilogy with DARKEST DAWN, all in a period of two days. Stine's characters truly grow on you through each book, as you get the opportunity to see them over a period of time, and see how their personalities change after each bought of evil they encounter. Narrated by Jamie's sensible, caring voice, DARKEST DAWN is a marvelous ending to an engrossing trilogy.

    Erika Sorocco
    Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper


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Posted in Teen (Friday, January 9, 2009)

Written by Christopher Pike. By Simon Pulse. The regular list price is $5.99. Sells new for $2.97. There are some available for $0.01.
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5 comments about Die Softly (reissue).

  1. Herb Trasker places a camera in the girls' shower room, hoping to get some good pictures of naked cheerleaders. He gets more than he bargained for when he catches a murder on film.

    An interesting Christopher Pike book that is not about the supernatural, but instead about evil in its most earthly form.

    The characters really come to life, but they are extremely disturbed human beings. The book is very sexually-charged, and it also includes perversion and drug abuse. Not for very young readers. I read it when I was 14. It does seem a little mature for young teens but it was written for the young adult audience, so who knows.

    I feel weird giving it four stars. That seems awfully high for a teen horror novel. But I'm ranking it in comparison to other books of its kind because obviously it can't compare to classic literature, or even much of modern literature. It's not a terribly original story. But it's a good read.


  2. A twisted story of a young high school boy named Herb. All he wants is a nude picture of the cheerleaders showering. Then, one night he thinks up this plan to place a camera in the showers of the girls room and sets it on a timer so it will take a couple of pictures in like 4 minutes apart. So, the camera takes the pictures and then that very same day, a young cheerleader goes missing after her cheerleading practice. Well Herb goes back to get his camera and the film. He develpos them himslef and he realizes that he got a picture of the girl who went missing. He then saw someone sneaking up on her with a baseball bat! He is so shocked to see what he has captured. Then he recives a picture that he took and it says..."We know what you did." So now he MUST watch his back..read and find out what happens.


  3. Herb Tasker, a teenage photographer, was assigned a project to take pictures of the high school cheerleading team. For some reason his friend Sammy suggests him to set his camera in the girls shower to take pictures of them after their practice. He goes through with it but starts to wonder why she has a specific time, day, and spot for the camera to be in. Herb Tasker is in for a big adventure. Once you start you won't be able to stop. It's the first book I have read by him, and I loved it! Read it to find out what happenes.


  4. Herb Trasker was an average 18 year old. He was a photographer. He got assigned to take pictures of the cheerleaders for the school year book. But Herbs friend Sammy really wants him to get nude pictures of the girls in the locker room showers. Herb said ok but he had to do it at a certain time. So of course he did....and when he got back the developed film he was soo shocked. Yes he got some nude pictures of the cheerleaders but he also got pictures revealing things he had never thought he would see. This book is soooo good. I would recomend this to anyone! Once you start reading it you won't want to stop.


  5. I casually picked up this book for some light reading to pass some time. I finished it overnight...it had me gripped. Pike is a welcomed digression in my reading choices, but I have to admit, it was a good one. The story line doesn't unfold until the end, and no amount of guessing gave it away. It is an intense novel. Not for the overly young. The death in the end was a shock.... makes the book even more memorable.


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