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Goosebumps #10
賮賷 亘賷鬲賳丕 卮亘丨
Hannah Fairchild is startled to wake up from a horrific nightmare to find that the empty house next door has suddenly been sold, as if overnight, and the son of the family somehow has the ability to survive a series of near-fatal accidents. The more she investigates, Hannah discovers to her shock that the new neighbours might be ghosts.
126 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1993
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R.L. Stine
1,602听books18k听followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps庐 series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps庐 series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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October 11, 2016
*Re-read: October 2016
This one has one of the best endings in Goosebumps history. :)
This one has one of the best endings in Goosebumps history. :)
February 6, 2024
隆Hoy les traigo otra rese帽a de la siempre recomendable colecci贸n de Pesadillas!
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Leer a Stine y volver a ser esos peque帽os llenos de miedos que miran debajo de la cama antes de acostarse siempre es un placer.
Un terror铆fico placer.
Y qu茅 mejor momento para volver a esa 茅poca que retomando esta colecci贸n con nuestra mayor, la mejor compa帽铆a 馃枻馃枻
Han sido muchas noches arrebujadas bajo una manta con la 煤nica compa帽铆a de una luz muy tenue para crear un buen ambiente, algo primordial en este tipo de historias.
Todo comienza cuando Hannah, en una de sus incursiones matutinas para matar el aburrimiento de esos calurosos d铆as de verano, se percata de la presencia de Danny, el nuevo vecino. Todo en 茅l desprende un aura enigm谩tica, casi fantasmal, adem谩s de sus continuas apariciones y desapariciones repentinas, est谩 el inusual hecho de la extra帽a sombra que la acecha cuando menos lo espera y susurra su nombre como si de un crujido de hojas secas se tratara:
"Hannahhh...", "Hannahhh..." 馃槰馃槰
驴Qui茅n es esa sombra y qu茅 quiere de ella?
Por si esto fuera poco tambi茅n est谩 muy presente el mundo on铆rico, esos sue帽os que se le presentan a Hannah en lo que todo parece tan real...
No puedo decir m谩s, son libros cortos, con pocos personajes y que van directos al grano. Creando r谩pidamente esa espesa bruma de terror que todo lo impregna.
Aunque en esta ocasi贸n el giro final puede parecer previsible para una mente adulta, me pongo en el lugar de cualquier joven lector y me parece una lectura muy sorprendente, con su buena dosis de sustos y hasta su parte emotiva.
Si les gusta un terror m谩s light y son seguidores del autor no duden en hacerse con la colecci贸n, es de las mejores inversiones que he hecho 馃ぉ
馃枻馃摉
馃懟馃懟馃懟馃懟馃懟
Leer a Stine y volver a ser esos peque帽os llenos de miedos que miran debajo de la cama antes de acostarse siempre es un placer.
Un terror铆fico placer.
Y qu茅 mejor momento para volver a esa 茅poca que retomando esta colecci贸n con nuestra mayor, la mejor compa帽铆a 馃枻馃枻
Han sido muchas noches arrebujadas bajo una manta con la 煤nica compa帽铆a de una luz muy tenue para crear un buen ambiente, algo primordial en este tipo de historias.
Todo comienza cuando Hannah, en una de sus incursiones matutinas para matar el aburrimiento de esos calurosos d铆as de verano, se percata de la presencia de Danny, el nuevo vecino. Todo en 茅l desprende un aura enigm谩tica, casi fantasmal, adem谩s de sus continuas apariciones y desapariciones repentinas, est谩 el inusual hecho de la extra帽a sombra que la acecha cuando menos lo espera y susurra su nombre como si de un crujido de hojas secas se tratara:
"Hannahhh...", "Hannahhh..." 馃槰馃槰
驴Qui茅n es esa sombra y qu茅 quiere de ella?
Por si esto fuera poco tambi茅n est谩 muy presente el mundo on铆rico, esos sue帽os que se le presentan a Hannah en lo que todo parece tan real...
No puedo decir m谩s, son libros cortos, con pocos personajes y que van directos al grano. Creando r谩pidamente esa espesa bruma de terror que todo lo impregna.
Aunque en esta ocasi贸n el giro final puede parecer previsible para una mente adulta, me pongo en el lugar de cualquier joven lector y me parece una lectura muy sorprendente, con su buena dosis de sustos y hasta su parte emotiva.
Si les gusta un terror m谩s light y son seguidores del autor no duden en hacerse con la colecci贸n, es de las mejores inversiones que he hecho 馃ぉ
馃枻馃摉
October 5, 2018
#10 "There's a strange new kid on the block...."
Hannah's new friend Danny is very peculiar. He falls from the roof and lands on his feet. He disappears Into thin air it seems. And the house he says he lives in is dark and empty. Almost as if a ghost were living there... I loved it!
Hannah's new friend Danny is very peculiar. He falls from the roof and lands on his feet. He disappears Into thin air it seems. And the house he says he lives in is dark and empty. Almost as if a ghost were living there... I loved it!
April 29, 2015
Well, THAT was interesting. No, I'm serious, I enjoyed it.
Hannah is a 12-year-old girl living with her family in a small town. It's summer and she's bored. Her two younger twin brothers, age 6, are wild and crazy and take up all her parents' time and attention. She must find ways to amuse herself in the long, hot, summer months.
Ever hear the phrase, "Idle hands are the devil's workshop?"
Hannah meets the boy next door, a 12-year-old named Danny with red hair and freckles. He's moved into the old Dodson house. That's strange - it's sat empty for years. And Hannah never saw any moving van or people inside the house. Danny claims he's in her grade at her school, but she doesn't know him or any of his friends.
Nevertheless, she becomes friends with Danny.
Unfortunately, Danny hangs out with a bad crowd. His "friends" Alan and Fred are always daring him to do things and encouraging him to steal and pull pranks. Hannah often spies on the boys and spies on Danny and his activities - ostensibly because she suspects he might be a ghost, but I think she has a tiny crush on him - and sees how the boys treat him and goad him into criminal behavior.
To add onto all of this, there is a shadowy dark phantom with glowing red eyes that keeps following her around and warning her to stay away from Danny. No one can see it but her. Who is it? What does it want?
...
In a shocking surprise twist, we realize that
The weirder part, and the part that didn't really gel with me was This was not well-explained and didn't make much sense to me. I think it could have been eliminated without the book losing anything.
...
All in all, I enjoyed this book. I didn't see the twists coming and I liked the ride Stine took me on. Say what you want about his writing (it is simple and sometimes ridiculous) but his plots and basic concepts are wonderful, fresh, and creative. I still maintain that someone should go through and re-write each of these books for adults. It would be so cool! :)
Hannah is a 12-year-old girl living with her family in a small town. It's summer and she's bored. Her two younger twin brothers, age 6, are wild and crazy and take up all her parents' time and attention. She must find ways to amuse herself in the long, hot, summer months.
Ever hear the phrase, "Idle hands are the devil's workshop?"
Hannah meets the boy next door, a 12-year-old named Danny with red hair and freckles. He's moved into the old Dodson house. That's strange - it's sat empty for years. And Hannah never saw any moving van or people inside the house. Danny claims he's in her grade at her school, but she doesn't know him or any of his friends.
Nevertheless, she becomes friends with Danny.
Unfortunately, Danny hangs out with a bad crowd. His "friends" Alan and Fred are always daring him to do things and encouraging him to steal and pull pranks. Hannah often spies on the boys and spies on Danny and his activities - ostensibly because she suspects he might be a ghost, but I think she has a tiny crush on him - and sees how the boys treat him and goad him into criminal behavior.
To add onto all of this, there is a shadowy dark phantom with glowing red eyes that keeps following her around and warning her to stay away from Danny. No one can see it but her. Who is it? What does it want?
...
In a shocking surprise twist, we realize that
The weirder part, and the part that didn't really gel with me was This was not well-explained and didn't make much sense to me. I think it could have been eliminated without the book losing anything.
...
All in all, I enjoyed this book. I didn't see the twists coming and I liked the ride Stine took me on. Say what you want about his writing (it is simple and sometimes ridiculous) but his plots and basic concepts are wonderful, fresh, and creative. I still maintain that someone should go through and re-write each of these books for adults. It would be so cool! :)
January 23, 2022
TW: Fire
If I had known how big that TW would be, I might not have read it. That would've been a shame but I was in a house fire years ago. My neighbor saved me. Lost everything owned and some kittens. PTSD is an ass.
I guess I forgot about the initial scene or I might've saw it coming. I DID see some of the twist coming, that was very predictable, but there was still more to it. This is so well written and plotted. Depth to the characters. Foreshadowing. Emotion.
I'm disabled (always have been) and there is some talk of disability (not a major part) in it and having been in a house fire, these 2 things make it mean a lot when I say this book gets all the stars from me. I've hated books because of how they dealt with disability or characters that were just in a traumatic fire situation. I loved this book.
Before today I (think I) could say i've never cried at a Goosebumps book before. I can't say that anymore. That ending had me sobbing.
If I had known how big that TW would be, I might not have read it. That would've been a shame but I was in a house fire years ago. My neighbor saved me. Lost everything owned and some kittens. PTSD is an ass.
I guess I forgot about the initial scene or I might've saw it coming. I DID see some of the twist coming, that was very predictable, but there was still more to it. This is so well written and plotted. Depth to the characters. Foreshadowing. Emotion.
I'm disabled (always have been) and there is some talk of disability (not a major part) in it and having been in a house fire, these 2 things make it mean a lot when I say this book gets all the stars from me. I've hated books because of how they dealt with disability or characters that were just in a traumatic fire situation. I loved this book.
Before today I (think I) could say i've never cried at a Goosebumps book before. I can't say that anymore. That ending had me sobbing.
July 11, 2014
This book actually made me cry! I was so surprised by how good it was, especially comparing it to most of R.L.Stines other books. I'm not into the horror genre, but I read a lot of his books anyway when I was younger. This was one of the few I actuallly liked. It had a lot of mystery and intrigue along with some lighthearted and scary parts. The ending was really surprising and sad. (That's when I cried. :( I liked how it didn't end on a really annoying cliffhanger like most of his books seem to do. It did end with a slightly unanswered question though. I even liked how Hannah and Danny interacted with eachother. Overall, it was a really enjoyable and good book! Definitely worth reading! :)
January 19, 2023
This was a good time. Had a great twist I didn鈥檛 see coming. Would recommend.
December 16, 2020
I had read this book in my school days, and now thinking I hadn't read it before, I picked it up again. Nevertheless it was a simple fun read. I had always loved Goosebumps.
Hannah is feeling lonely during her summer holidays. All her friends have gone to camp and haven't written letters to her at all. One day she befriends Danny who says he is staying next door. But that house has been empty and no one has moved in. Danny goes to the same school as Hannah and he is in the same grade as her. But they don't know each other! Who is Danny and what is that strange dark figure with red eyes that follows Hannah sometimes?
This is probably the only GBs which has a positive ending and I liked it very much!
Hannah is feeling lonely during her summer holidays. All her friends have gone to camp and haven't written letters to her at all. One day she befriends Danny who says he is staying next door. But that house has been empty and no one has moved in. Danny goes to the same school as Hannah and he is in the same grade as her. But they don't know each other! Who is Danny and what is that strange dark figure with red eyes that follows Hannah sometimes?
This is probably the only GBs which has a positive ending and I liked it very much!
February 14, 2023
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June 4, 2020
I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. Unfortunately, there is still always a risk of slight spoilers despite my best efforts. If you feel something in my review is a spoiler please let me know. Thank you.
It wasn't bad. Not creepy but sweet and kinda sad. My daughter seemed to have a hard time paying attention to this one. And I saw the 'big plot twist' coming a mile away. But it was a fun read to do with my daughter.
It wasn't bad. Not creepy but sweet and kinda sad. My daughter seemed to have a hard time paying attention to this one. And I saw the 'big plot twist' coming a mile away. But it was a fun read to do with my daughter.
December 9, 2023
Titulo: Visita aterradora
Autor: R.L. Stine
Motivo de lectura: Letras Macabras (Isla Macabra 2023)
Lectura / Relectura: Lectura
Mi edicion: Tapa blanda, 112 paginas, Ediciones B
Puntuacion: 4.5/5
Siempre que tengo la oportunidad me gusta visitar las obras de R.L. Stine, es recordar parte de mi ni帽ez/pre adolescencia, donde no queria parar de leer. Lamentablemente este es el unico libro que tengo en fisico de este autor, y hasta ahora nunca lo habia leido.
Hanna es una ni帽a alegre y activa, quien descubre que hay un nuevo vecino, Danny..y ademas esta ni帽a tiene casi una certeza
Luego de tener un sue帽o, Hanna comienza a descubrir cosas raras en su vecindario. Hay una sombra, misterio..cosas muy extra帽as.
El plot twist del final esta muyy bueno, puedo imaginar un ni帽o leyendo esto y realmente sorprendiendose.
Autor: R.L. Stine
Motivo de lectura: Letras Macabras (Isla Macabra 2023)
Lectura / Relectura: Lectura
Mi edicion: Tapa blanda, 112 paginas, Ediciones B
Puntuacion: 4.5/5
Siempre que tengo la oportunidad me gusta visitar las obras de R.L. Stine, es recordar parte de mi ni帽ez/pre adolescencia, donde no queria parar de leer. Lamentablemente este es el unico libro que tengo en fisico de este autor, y hasta ahora nunca lo habia leido.
Hanna es una ni帽a alegre y activa, quien descubre que hay un nuevo vecino, Danny..y ademas esta ni帽a tiene casi una certeza
Luego de tener un sue帽o, Hanna comienza a descubrir cosas raras en su vecindario. Hay una sombra, misterio..cosas muy extra帽as.
El plot twist del final esta muyy bueno, puedo imaginar un ni帽o leyendo esto y realmente sorprendiendose.
January 8, 2012
Of all of the R.L.Stine books that I read, this one was my favorite. I still read it now and again. I won't give anything away- how wrong would that be?- but if I could, I would give this book to everyone- for adults it would only take about 3 hours to read. for kids- maybe 2 days (can you sit still? NO!) But it's my most cherished of his books- and I'll never stop loving it. :)
August 26, 2018
OKAY THIS IS THE WORST STINE BOOK EVER!!! Now I love Stine's fear street novels and so I thought why not give goosebumps a try and they stunk. IT SEEMED AS IF THEY WERE WRITTEN FOR KIDS!!!
October 18, 2024
This one is going to stick with me. This is a new personal favorite.
Reading notes...
Twists like this always get me
That ending was so so so sad
Reading notes...
Twists like this always get me
That ending was so so so sad
March 27, 2019
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January 17, 2023
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November 5, 2021
2.5 stars.
Hannah and her family are enjoying the summer holidays. The only problem is that Hannah is really bored. Her friend at camp isn't answering her letters, and there's nothing to do in her little town. So when new neighbour Danny shows up one day, Hannah is excited to make a new friend. Except it doesn't seem like anyone else can see Danny, and he seems to be able to do some really weird things. Is Danny.....a ghost?
This has the most obvious plot, yet ironically has been the best Goosebumps I've read so far. Most of the story has a plot that kind of follows a distinct timeline (I'm overlooking the weird shadow aspect. In fact, I'm erasing it from memory because the story is so much better without it and it doesn't need it). If we could also cut out the stupid dreams (I swear to God, if one more character has a pointless dream in these books I'm going to scream) this is almost ok.
Not bad (when compared to other Goosebumps books).
Hannah and her family are enjoying the summer holidays. The only problem is that Hannah is really bored. Her friend at camp isn't answering her letters, and there's nothing to do in her little town. So when new neighbour Danny shows up one day, Hannah is excited to make a new friend. Except it doesn't seem like anyone else can see Danny, and he seems to be able to do some really weird things. Is Danny.....a ghost?
This has the most obvious plot, yet ironically has been the best Goosebumps I've read so far. Most of the story has a plot that kind of follows a distinct timeline (I'm overlooking the weird shadow aspect. In fact, I'm erasing it from memory because the story is so much better without it and it doesn't need it). If we could also cut out the stupid dreams (I swear to God, if one more character has a pointless dream in these books I'm going to scream) this is almost ok.
Not bad (when compared to other Goosebumps books).
March 10, 2024
Rating: 4.5
No Goosebumps will reach 5 stars. 5 stars is reserved for an absolute wow, I'll never stop talking about, kinda book. So, consider my 4.5 rated Goosebumps as 5 star for the middle grade horror/Goosebumps genre.
R.L. Stine's writing has noticeably improved the further along we go into Goosebumps, which I'm thankful for. Note: For middle grade easy to read writing.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, but I can't really say too much about it without giving anything away. I will say that, unlike the tried and true formula of hitting us with a twist right at the end, this one hits us with the twist early on and then continues on with the story. It was very obvious what the twist was going to be, but I didn't hate it for that. It made me excited to see it happen when it did.
No Goosebumps will reach 5 stars. 5 stars is reserved for an absolute wow, I'll never stop talking about, kinda book. So, consider my 4.5 rated Goosebumps as 5 star for the middle grade horror/Goosebumps genre.
R.L. Stine's writing has noticeably improved the further along we go into Goosebumps, which I'm thankful for. Note: For middle grade easy to read writing.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, but I can't really say too much about it without giving anything away. I will say that, unlike the tried and true formula of hitting us with a twist right at the end, this one hits us with the twist early on and then continues on with the story. It was very obvious what the twist was going to be, but I didn't hate it for that. It made me excited to see it happen when it did.
May 4, 2023
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December 31, 2021
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February 1, 2019
Wow! This book was crazy!!
September 17, 2024
I'm shocked at the high rating on this one. I had the exact same issues with this as Welcome to Camp Nightmare - the ending basically being spoiled by a "cleverly"-worded sentence early on that serves as a dead giveaway. This one is definitely darker than some of the others in the 'OG-62' Goosebumps series, so that's a positive aspect. This also plays on other emotions rather than just spooky ghost fear stuff, but I don't really know how I feel about this one overall. I really didn't like the lead character, or any of the characters for that matter. I'll give this a 2/5 simply because I didn't like this very much and I felt like a clown reading the whole thing after knowing the ending by page 12.
May 14, 2021
I honestly believe this is one of the best goosebumps books in the series, and might even be my personal favorite. The plot is very basic, there's nothing super creative or unique here, but what it does, it does very well. R.L. Stine presents to us a very dark, mature story for a goosebumps book, which is one of the things I love about it. It's not afraid to touch on the subject of death, and not afraid to get emotional either. This story is definitely sad, but it has an awesome twist ending, one of the best endings of any goosebumps book, ever.
Even though the plot is pretty basic, as I mentioned, and not entirely unpredictable, there is definitely a surprise / reveal at the end that would be pretty difficult for anyone to see coming. This book in the series is very serious compared to other entries. It lacks a lot of the humor and witty dialogue often found in the other books, which further contributes to the heavy mood and atmosphere of this one.
Five out of five stars.
An excellent goosebumps book.
Even though the plot is pretty basic, as I mentioned, and not entirely unpredictable, there is definitely a surprise / reveal at the end that would be pretty difficult for anyone to see coming. This book in the series is very serious compared to other entries. It lacks a lot of the humor and witty dialogue often found in the other books, which further contributes to the heavy mood and atmosphere of this one.
Five out of five stars.
An excellent goosebumps book.
November 16, 2016
螌,蟿喂 苇蠂蠅 纬蟻维蠄蔚喂 纬喂伪 蟿伪 蟺蟻慰畏纬慰蠉渭蔚谓伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿畏蟼 蟽蔚喂蟻维蟼 蟺慰蠀 未喂维尾伪蟽伪 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏谓 蠂蟻慰谓喂维, 蟿伪 委未喂伪 喂蟽蠂蠉慰蠀谓 魏伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰. 螘蠀蠂维蟻喂蟽蟿慰 魏伪喂 蠄蠀蠂伪纬蠅纬喂魏蠈 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽渭伪, 伪魏蠈渭伪 魏伪喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚委渭伪喂 魏慰蟿味维渭 渭伪谓蟿蟻维蠂伪位慰蟼. 螝伪喂 未蔚谓 蟿慰 蟽蠀味畏蟿蠋, 伪谓 苇蠂蔚蟿蔚 蟺伪喂未喂维 魏伪喂 胃苇位蔚蟿蔚 谓伪 苇蟻胃慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 蔚蟺伪蠁萎 渭蔚 蟿慰 蔚委未慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻蠈渭慰蠀, 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿维 蟿伪 尾喂尾位喂伪蟻维魏喂伪 胃伪 魏维谓慰蠀谓 喂未伪谓喂魏萎 伪蟻蠂萎. 螣蠀蟽喂伪蟽蟿喂魏维 苇蟿蟽喂 尉蔚魏委谓畏蟽伪 魏喂 蔚纬蠋. 韦伪 蟿蟻委伪 伪蟽蟿蔚蟻维魏喂伪 蟺慰蠀 尾维味蠅 蟽蔚 蠈位伪 蟿蠋蟻伪 未蔚谓 蟽畏渭伪委谓慰蠀谓 魏维蟿喂, 伪蟺位蠋蟼 未蔚谓 胃苇位蠅 谓伪 伪未喂魏蠋 维位位伪 尾喂尾位委伪. 螒谓 萎渭慰蠀谓 未苇魏伪 蠂蟻慰谓蠋谓 胃伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 苇尾伪味伪 蟿苇蟽蟽蔚蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟺苇谓蟿蔚 伪蟽蟿蔚蟻维魏喂伪...
October 6, 2016
It was a nice middle grade book and I don't know if it's just because I'm older than the intended market but the ending was so obvious I knew it was going to happen from the beginning but I think maybe for younger readers it wouldn't be as obvious..
December 7, 2024
A question arises when I read The Ghost Next Door: is it the best book in any iteration of Goosebumps? There's a strong case to be made for it. Twelve-year-old Hannah Fairchild is having a languid summer in her hometown of Greenwood Falls. Her best friend Janey Pace is away at camp, which the Fairchilds can't afford this year. Hannah's six-year-old twin brothers Bill and Herb constantly fight around the house, so she tries to stay out of the warpath, but no improvement appears on the horizon until Hannah is nearly run over by a redheaded kid on his bike. Danny Anderson claims he's lived in the house next door for a while and attends Maple Avenue Middle School, just like Hannah. Why have they never met?
Summer drags on and on. Janey vowed to send Hannah letters from camp, but she hasn't received even one. Hannah rarely sees Danny, but when she does he comes across as odd. Often when she turns her head away for a moment while conversing with him, he's gone. One time he seemingly falls off the roof, but when Hannah reaches him he's unhurt. At least Danny is more likable than Alan Miller and Fred Drake, older kids he hangs out with. They goad Danny into defacing the ornate customized mailbox owned by Mr. Chesney, a mean-spirited neighbor. Hannah experiences unreasonable feelings of dread while watching them hector the old man, but it's nothing compared to her own personal demon.
The red-eyed shadow stalks Hannah outdoors, its dry-leaf whisper chilling. Hannah loves regaling her little brothers with creepy ghost tales, as she did a few nights ago beside a campfire in the backyard, but she wouldn't fabricate a malevolent supernatural being and convince herself it's chasing her...right? Hannah's main concern, though, is Danny. The truth is becoming obvious: he's a ghost. That explains why she's never seen him at school, why he says he's lived next-door for a long time, though Hannah is sure the house was recently vacant. As the Mr. Chesney situation builds toward catastrophic confrontation, and Hannah searches for proof the neighbor boy is a phantom, we'll soon learn that the truth is devastating beyond what anyone imagines. Saving the people involved requires a hero from the far side of the grave.
Tragedy can hit so hard. It turns a sunny vision of tomorrow to a bleak tundra where no green ever sprouts. When life, family, and adventure go up in a puff of smoke, are we to accept that horrifying loss? How easy it becomes to drift through the aftermath on automatic, not knowing you're already dead and gone. That's the most profound tragedy: being dead and not realizing your potential has ceased forever. But as long as you exist on this plane in some form, you can gift to someone else what you were robbed of: a future. Selfless sacrifice is the most powerful force common to the human condition.
This book is an example of R.L. Stine getting all the elements right: unnerving atmosphere, memorable primary and secondary characters, and a story that deepens in emotion and stakes all the way through to the final few chapters, which put the reader through the wringer. The seriousness with which the book takes itself is a refreshing change for Goosebumps; all the entries needn't be that way, but having it now and then is an effective use of contrast. I rate The Ghost Next Door three and a half stars, and could have rounded to four. Dare I say, there's something Shakespearean to the narrative arc. When I tell people the original Goosebumps series is the standard bearer for children's horror literature, I'm looking at examples like The Ghost Next Door.
Summer drags on and on. Janey vowed to send Hannah letters from camp, but she hasn't received even one. Hannah rarely sees Danny, but when she does he comes across as odd. Often when she turns her head away for a moment while conversing with him, he's gone. One time he seemingly falls off the roof, but when Hannah reaches him he's unhurt. At least Danny is more likable than Alan Miller and Fred Drake, older kids he hangs out with. They goad Danny into defacing the ornate customized mailbox owned by Mr. Chesney, a mean-spirited neighbor. Hannah experiences unreasonable feelings of dread while watching them hector the old man, but it's nothing compared to her own personal demon.
The red-eyed shadow stalks Hannah outdoors, its dry-leaf whisper chilling. Hannah loves regaling her little brothers with creepy ghost tales, as she did a few nights ago beside a campfire in the backyard, but she wouldn't fabricate a malevolent supernatural being and convince herself it's chasing her...right? Hannah's main concern, though, is Danny. The truth is becoming obvious: he's a ghost. That explains why she's never seen him at school, why he says he's lived next-door for a long time, though Hannah is sure the house was recently vacant. As the Mr. Chesney situation builds toward catastrophic confrontation, and Hannah searches for proof the neighbor boy is a phantom, we'll soon learn that the truth is devastating beyond what anyone imagines. Saving the people involved requires a hero from the far side of the grave.
Tragedy can hit so hard. It turns a sunny vision of tomorrow to a bleak tundra where no green ever sprouts. When life, family, and adventure go up in a puff of smoke, are we to accept that horrifying loss? How easy it becomes to drift through the aftermath on automatic, not knowing you're already dead and gone. That's the most profound tragedy: being dead and not realizing your potential has ceased forever. But as long as you exist on this plane in some form, you can gift to someone else what you were robbed of: a future. Selfless sacrifice is the most powerful force common to the human condition.
This book is an example of R.L. Stine getting all the elements right: unnerving atmosphere, memorable primary and secondary characters, and a story that deepens in emotion and stakes all the way through to the final few chapters, which put the reader through the wringer. The seriousness with which the book takes itself is a refreshing change for Goosebumps; all the entries needn't be that way, but having it now and then is an effective use of contrast. I rate The Ghost Next Door three and a half stars, and could have rounded to four. Dare I say, there's something Shakespearean to the narrative arc. When I tell people the original Goosebumps series is the standard bearer for children's horror literature, I'm looking at examples like The Ghost Next Door.
November 4, 2019
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"Sometimes dreams tell the truth, she thought, her shoulders still aching. Sometimes dreams tell you thinks you couldn't know any other way."
The Ghost Next Door by R.L. Stine is probably the best Goosebumps novel that I've ever read. That and the one involving Slappy. And I have read my fair share of Goosebumps books so you know when I say it, I am selecting from a large niche of books.
The book starts off with a dream. The dream is of fire. There is fire everywhere and Hannah is about to die. But she wakes up in time to realize that it's only a dream. There is nothing more to it. However, something weird happens that day. Something extremely strange. The house next door, the one that had been empty for a long time now, has mysteriously been filled in. And the person who lives there is supposed to be her classmate. What's more is that he already goes to school. Or at least he says he does. How did Hannah not find out about him until now? And how does he not know any of her classmates if he goes to the same school and is in the same class? What's more鈥攚hen did he appear and why is no one else shocked by this piece of information?
And did I mention that fall from the roof? How did Danny fall and still end up on his two feet? He should have been injured!
All these questions cloud Hannah's mind as she tries to make sense of everything that has been happening around her. There is something very mysterious about this Danny boy and she intends to get to the root of it.
For the major part of the book, this was your typical Goosebumps story. Someone finds out about something, tries to take care of it. Only to be stuck with a huge revelation. The thing that made this one unique was that big revelation. It was one of the most unexpected endings in the history of Goosebumps endings. And Stine brought this out beautifully. It wasn't even that scary, though. But then, when you think about it, I'm an adult reading children's books. They aren't meant to be scary for me.
I admit that the "shadowy-figure" mentioned in the book was a little shady (pun intended). Its purpose wasn't fully explained and the book would have done well without it. At the same time, it made sense to have it there because it gave us that constant feeling of "something's wrong". Yet, I wished its presence had been explained better. The book would have been even better than it already was, had it been!
"Sometimes dreams tell the truth, she thought, her shoulders still aching. Sometimes dreams tell you thinks you couldn't know any other way."
The Ghost Next Door by R.L. Stine is probably the best Goosebumps novel that I've ever read. That and the one involving Slappy. And I have read my fair share of Goosebumps books so you know when I say it, I am selecting from a large niche of books.
The book starts off with a dream. The dream is of fire. There is fire everywhere and Hannah is about to die. But she wakes up in time to realize that it's only a dream. There is nothing more to it. However, something weird happens that day. Something extremely strange. The house next door, the one that had been empty for a long time now, has mysteriously been filled in. And the person who lives there is supposed to be her classmate. What's more is that he already goes to school. Or at least he says he does. How did Hannah not find out about him until now? And how does he not know any of her classmates if he goes to the same school and is in the same class? What's more鈥攚hen did he appear and why is no one else shocked by this piece of information?
And did I mention that fall from the roof? How did Danny fall and still end up on his two feet? He should have been injured!
All these questions cloud Hannah's mind as she tries to make sense of everything that has been happening around her. There is something very mysterious about this Danny boy and she intends to get to the root of it.
For the major part of the book, this was your typical Goosebumps story. Someone finds out about something, tries to take care of it. Only to be stuck with a huge revelation. The thing that made this one unique was that big revelation. It was one of the most unexpected endings in the history of Goosebumps endings. And Stine brought this out beautifully. It wasn't even that scary, though. But then, when you think about it, I'm an adult reading children's books. They aren't meant to be scary for me.
I admit that the "shadowy-figure" mentioned in the book was a little shady (pun intended). Its purpose wasn't fully explained and the book would have done well without it. At the same time, it made sense to have it there because it gave us that constant feeling of "something's wrong". Yet, I wished its presence had been explained better. The book would have been even better than it already was, had it been!
October 21, 2022
a great bit of nostalgia! I loved goosebumps as a kid and although I now find them predictable and not scary I think they are fantastic fun reads and I still enjoy the story even when I know what's going to happen. recommend for kids who want to get into horror slowly
August 4, 2015
氐乇禺丞 乇毓亘 :o
丕爻賲 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賱賵丨丿賴 賷賷禺賵賮 , 亘賳賷鬲 毓賱賷賴 胤賲賵丨丕鬲 賵丌賲丕賱 賰鬲賷乇丞 賵賯賵賱鬲 兀禺賷乇丕賸 賴賯乇兀 丨丕噩丞 乇毓亘 鬲禺賵賮賳賷
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賲丨賰賲卮 毓賱賶 丕賶 丨丕噩丞 兀氐賱丕賸 賲賳 賲馗賴乇賴丕 丕賱禺丕乇噩賷 賵亘爻
亘丿兀鬲 亘丕賱賯氐丞 乇賯賲 6 賮賷 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞
賮賷 亘賷鬲賳丕 卮亘丨 :o
胤亘毓丕賸 丿賴 賲毓 丕賱丕爻賲 丕賱賱賶 賮丕鬲 , 夭賵丿 爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 :3
賵賯乇賷鬲赖丕
賲卮 賴賯賵賱 賲賮賷卮 禺賵賮
賱兀賳 賮賷賴 賰鬲亘 賰鬲賷乇 亘鬲賯乇兀賴丕 毓 兀賳賴丕 乇毓亘 , 賵賲亘鬲禺丕賮卮
賱賰賳 亘賷賰賵賳 毓夭丕卅賰 丕賱賵丨賷丿 兀賳 丕賱賯氐丞 賲卮賵賯丞 賲孬賱丕賸 兀賵 兀丨丿丕孬賴丕 亘鬲噩匕亘賰
賱賰賳 丕賱賯氐丞 賲丨爻鬲卮 賮賷賴丕 亘禺賮 賵賱丕 丨鬲賶 兀丨丿丕孬 :\
毓丕乇賮 賱賲丕 賷亘賯賶 丨丿 亘賷丨賰賷賱賰 丨丕噩丞 賵賴賵 賵丕賴賲賰 兀賳賴丕 禺亘乇 丕賱賲賵爻賲
賵鬲亘賯賶 亘鬲爻鬲賳丕賴 賷賰賲賱 賵賴丕 亘賯賶 賷丕 毓賲 賴丕 -_-
賵亘毓丿賷賳 賷胤賱毓 丕賶 賰賱丕賲 賮 丕賱丨賲丕丿丞 賵賷賯賵賱賰 毓賱賷賰 賵丕丨丿 :D
丕賴賵 兀賳丕 丨爻賷鬲 賰丿丕 賮 兀賰鬲乇 賲賳 賲乇丞 賵兀賳丕 亘賯乇兀 丕賱賯氐丞 丿賶
"賱賰賳賴丕 .. 賵賮賷 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱胤乇賷賯 .. 卮毓乇鬲 亘卮賷亍 賷噩匕亘 爻丕賯賴丕 賵賷毓鬲賯賱賴丕 賮賷 賲賰丕賳賴丕 !"
"亘毓丿 兀賳 兀丿乇賰鬲 爻乇賷毓丕賸 兀賳賴丕 賯丿 鬲毓孬乇鬲 賮賷 禺乇胤賵賲 賲賷丕賴 丕賱丨丿賷賯丞 "
賵賴賰匕丕 丿賵丕賱賷賰 !!
賰購賱 賲丕 賷賰鬲亘 丨丕噩丞 鬲丨爻爻賰 兀賳賴丕 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱禺賵賮 賵丕賱乇毓亘 , 賵賮賷 賯賲丞 丨賲丕爻賰 鬲賰鬲卮賮 兀賳賴丕 賵賱丕 丨丕噩丞 :\
賲卮 毓丕乇賮丞 賮毓賱丕賸 賴賶 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賰賱賴丕 賰丿丕 責
賵賱丕 兀賳丕 丕賱賱賶 丨馗賷 賵丨卮 賵亘丿兀鬲 亘毓丿丿 爻賷亍 賲賳 賵爻胤 兀毓丿丕丿 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賰賱賴丕 !!
毓賲賵賲丕賸 賴賰賲賱 亘丕賯賷 丕賱兀毓丿丕丿 , 賵賯鬲賴丕 兀賯丿乇 兀丨賰賲 毓賱賶 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賰賰賱 :)
#丕賱賲賮乇賵囟冲乇毓亘
丕爻賲 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賱賵丨丿賴 賷賷禺賵賮 , 亘賳賷鬲 毓賱賷賴 胤賲賵丨丕鬲 賵丌賲丕賱 賰鬲賷乇丞 賵賯賵賱鬲 兀禺賷乇丕賸 賴賯乇兀 丨丕噩丞 乇毓亘 鬲禺賵賮賳賷
賵賱賱賲乇丞 丕賱賱賶 賴賷 賲卮 毓丕乇賮丞 丕賱賰丕賲 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 , 丕鬲毓賱賲 丕賳賶 賲丨賰賲卮 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘 賲賳 丕爻賲賴 兀賵 睾賱丕賮賴
賲丨賰賲卮 毓賱賶 丕賶 丨丕噩丞 兀氐賱丕賸 賲賳 賲馗賴乇賴丕 丕賱禺丕乇噩賷 賵亘爻
亘丿兀鬲 亘丕賱賯氐丞 乇賯賲 6 賮賷 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞
賮賷 亘賷鬲賳丕 卮亘丨 :o
胤亘毓丕賸 丿賴 賲毓 丕賱丕爻賲 丕賱賱賶 賮丕鬲 , 夭賵丿 爻賯賮 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 :3
賵賯乇賷鬲赖丕
賲卮 賴賯賵賱 賲賮賷卮 禺賵賮
賱兀賳 賮賷賴 賰鬲亘 賰鬲賷乇 亘鬲賯乇兀賴丕 毓 兀賳賴丕 乇毓亘 , 賵賲亘鬲禺丕賮卮
賱賰賳 亘賷賰賵賳 毓夭丕卅賰 丕賱賵丨賷丿 兀賳 丕賱賯氐丞 賲卮賵賯丞 賲孬賱丕賸 兀賵 兀丨丿丕孬賴丕 亘鬲噩匕亘賰
賱賰賳 丕賱賯氐丞 賲丨爻鬲卮 賮賷賴丕 亘禺賮 賵賱丕 丨鬲賶 兀丨丿丕孬 :\
毓丕乇賮 賱賲丕 賷亘賯賶 丨丿 亘賷丨賰賷賱賰 丨丕噩丞 賵賴賵 賵丕賴賲賰 兀賳賴丕 禺亘乇 丕賱賲賵爻賲
賵鬲亘賯賶 亘鬲爻鬲賳丕賴 賷賰賲賱 賵賴丕 亘賯賶 賷丕 毓賲 賴丕 -_-
賵亘毓丿賷賳 賷胤賱毓 丕賶 賰賱丕賲 賮 丕賱丨賲丕丿丞 賵賷賯賵賱賰 毓賱賷賰 賵丕丨丿 :D
丕賴賵 兀賳丕 丨爻賷鬲 賰丿丕 賮 兀賰鬲乇 賲賳 賲乇丞 賵兀賳丕 亘賯乇兀 丕賱賯氐丞 丿賶
"賱賰賳賴丕 .. 賵賮賷 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱胤乇賷賯 .. 卮毓乇鬲 亘卮賷亍 賷噩匕亘 爻丕賯賴丕 賵賷毓鬲賯賱賴丕 賮賷 賲賰丕賳賴丕 !"
"亘毓丿 兀賳 兀丿乇賰鬲 爻乇賷毓丕賸 兀賳賴丕 賯丿 鬲毓孬乇鬲 賮賷 禺乇胤賵賲 賲賷丕賴 丕賱丨丿賷賯丞 "
賵賴賰匕丕 丿賵丕賱賷賰 !!
賰購賱 賲丕 賷賰鬲亘 丨丕噩丞 鬲丨爻爻賰 兀賳賴丕 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱禺賵賮 賵丕賱乇毓亘 , 賵賮賷 賯賲丞 丨賲丕爻賰 鬲賰鬲卮賮 兀賳賴丕 賵賱丕 丨丕噩丞 :\
賲卮 毓丕乇賮丞 賮毓賱丕賸 賴賶 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賰賱賴丕 賰丿丕 責
賵賱丕 兀賳丕 丕賱賱賶 丨馗賷 賵丨卮 賵亘丿兀鬲 亘毓丿丿 爻賷亍 賲賳 賵爻胤 兀毓丿丕丿 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 賰賱賴丕 !!
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#丕賱賲賮乇賵囟冲乇毓亘
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