Scariest. Book. Ever. (Goosebumps House of Shivers #1)

by R. L. Stine

Overview

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The only thing to fear . . . is everything. Twins Betty and Billy are visiting their Uncle Wendell at his secluded house in the Wayward Forest. What they think is going to be a boring stay quickly turns into a real nightmare. Wendell is in possession of the scariest book in the world. And someone is after Wendell. To keep the book safe, the siblings will have to plunge directly into the heart of the dangerous forest. There they must escape manbats, cannibal crows, and giant insects, among other horrors—and make it out alive!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781339014982
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/19/2023
Series:	Goosebumps House of Shivers
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	22,628
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	430L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

R.L. Stine is the creator of the bestselling Goosebumps series, which has more than 400 million copies in print worldwide and celebrated 25 years in 2017. Goosebumps is one of the bestselling children's series of all-time and inspired a popular television show, as well as a feature film starring Jack Black that opened at #1 at the box office. His other popular children's books include the series Fear Street, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, and Rotten School, and his picture books, with Marc Brown, The Little Shop of Monsters and Mary McScary. R.L. Stine lives in New York City. You can connect with him on Twitter at @RL_Stine or Facebook: facebook.com/rlstine. For more information, visit rlstine.com and scholastic.com/goosebumps.

Hometown:

New York, New York

Date of Birth:

October 8, 1943

Place of Birth:

Columbus, Ohio

Education:

B.A., Ohio State University, 1965

Website:

http://www.rlstine.com

Editorial Reviews

2024-01-20
Twins confront terrors in the woods surrounding their uncle’s house in horror master Stine’s latest series starter.

Twelve-year-old Betty and Billy Arnold will be staying with Uncle Wendell while their parents take a business trip to London. Running late, Mom and Dad drop the kids and their dog, Bellamy, off without staying to introduce them to Uncle Wendell, whom they haven’t seen since they were babies. The house seems empty—and spooky—and when the twins finally find their uncle, they’re immediately swept up into his frantic search for a thief who’s made off with an extremely valuable and dangerous book known only as the “scariest book ever.” But is Uncle Wendell telling them the whole story? In their quest to prevent the horrors within the book from being unleashed, they face a plethora of horrifying creatures and life-threatening situations in the isolated and eerie Wayward Forest. With more twists and turns than a roller coaster, Stine’s latest features the thrills and chills readers have come to expect from his Goosebumps books, as well as plenty of humor, too. There’s not much in the way of character development, but the perils Billy and Betty encounter are spooky enough to freak out even seasoned young horror readers. Physical descriptions of the characters are minimal.

Creepy scenarios and a serious shortage of trustworthy adults make for an enjoyably frightening tale. (Horror. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews