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The Surprise Party

by R. L. Stine

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Series: Fear Street (2)

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Romance. Suspense. Thriller. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:When an old friend returns to town, Meg plans a party to bring the old gang back together, but someoneâ??or somethingâ??will do anything to keep it from happening in this chilling tale from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.
/> A year ago, Meg Dalton's group of friends fractured. Evan died in the Fear Street woods. Ellen moved away. The ones that stayed behind changed. And Meg felt as if she'd lost her best friends. Lately, even her boyfriend Tony has been acting moody and strange. But things may finally be looking up. Ellen is coming to visit! And what better way to bring old friends together than with a surprise party for her arrival?

That's when the terror beginsâ??the phone calls, the threats, the acts of violence. "Cancel the partyâ??or else," whispers the voice on the phone. Meg is terrified. Who would do so many terrible things to stop her party? To find out, she'll have to venture into the dark Fear Street woods that took Evan's lif… (more)
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This is my first RL Stine (I was a Christopher Pike girl as a teen). I understand why he's popular. The writing is good and the story was twisty/turny, and the ending made sense. It's difficult to not compare it to Pike's books. I feel like Stine is more down to earth and realistic, and Pike is ridiculous and outlandish-almost like Bizarro fiction light.

Overall, I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would and look forward to reading more Fear Street. ( )
  LynnMPK | Jun 30, 2023 |
I've found with these books so far that none of the characters are really likable. For most of this book I just didn't really care what happened. They were all obnoxious teens. It did keep me guessing though and the two twists at the end were really good. I do have one questions though. Dwayne says that when he found Evan he was still alive. He didn't like Evan so he picked up the rifle and did him in. Wouldn't the others in the woods have heard another gun shot in that case? Maybe they were already out of the woods and getting help but I just felt like this should have been addressed more clearly. I still have the next two in this series but I am not sure I will get to the this month. Maybe next Halloween. ( )
  KeriLynneD | Mar 3, 2021 |
I found this one to be a vast improvement over the first installment, "The New Girl." This one kept me guessing right up to the end and I actually gasped aloud at one of the reveals. "The New Girl" had better main characters in Cory and Lisa but the plot of this one was much more satisfying. I think Stine found his groove in the series at this point. I look forward to starting "The Overnight" next. ( )
  bugaboo_4 | Jan 3, 2021 |
This is my first RL Stine (I was a Christopher Pike girl as a teen). I understand why he's popular. The writing is good and the story was twisty/turny, and the ending made sense. It's difficult to not compare it to Pike's books. I feel like Stine is more down to earth and realistic, and Pike is ridiculous and outlandish-almost like Bizarro fiction light.

Overall, I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would and look forward to reading more Fear Street. ( )
  LynnK. | Aug 4, 2020 |
3.5 ( )
  LianaH | Apr 4, 2020 |
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Romance. Suspense. Thriller. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:When an old friend returns to town, Meg plans a party to bring the old gang back together, but someoneâ??or somethingâ??will do anything to keep it from happening in this chilling tale from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.
A year ago, Meg Dalton's group of friends fractured. Evan died in the Fear Street woods. Ellen moved away. The ones that stayed behind changed. And Meg felt as if she'd lost her best friends. Lately, even her boyfriend Tony has been acting moody and strange. But things may finally be looking up. Ellen is coming to visit! And what better way to bring old friends together than with a surprise party for her arrival?

That's when the terror beginsâ??the phone calls, the threats, the acts of violence. "Cancel the partyâ??or else," whispers the voice on the phone. Meg is terrified. Who would do so many terrible things to stop her party? To find out, she'll have to venture into the dark Fear Street woods that took Evan's lif

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