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There's an old story about something horrible happening in the tunnels under Shadyside High School, but exploring them seems more fun than Saturday detention until a group of kids find themselves up against something dark and evil and no longer human.Tags
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.and you thought your high school was scary...
This story brings to mind The Breakfast Club with a twist...YOU actually risk BECOMING the breakfast. There are the obligatory HS stereotypes, the new principal cracking down on shenanigans, the Saturday in-school detention with the threat of more to come is EVERYONE doesn't behave. HahahahahahahahahahahaHA! Like THAT could ever happen with this bunch. *smirk* Needless to say, one thing leads to another and another and another and...then suddenly, there's no more leading as they are trapped (eureka, the title!) where they shouldn't be, in a place that's been long forgotten, with something that SHOULD NOT EXIST. That last thing? Yeah, it's out for blood too...and it's none too picky about who show more it comes from.
In typical R.L. Stine fashion, the book goes from zero to sixty in a heartbeat, good thing too considering the length of the story, and nothing is held back. NO, really...nothing, as in when rats get in our leading lady's hair, you hear all the squeaky details, or when the mysterious red cloud decides to wring the life from one of our happy bunch, you hear all the bone crunching moments until none are left. Did I mention this was my pick for the Young Adult set and beyond? Yeah, definitely...and yet I enjoyed it, which was surprising to me because my previous exploration into his work yielded different results. Did the author's game change over the years? Who's to say...this title is back from 1997...but I CAN say that you won't forget this short and non-sweet tale ANYTIME soon. show less
This story brings to mind The Breakfast Club with a twist...YOU actually risk BECOMING the breakfast. There are the obligatory HS stereotypes, the new principal cracking down on shenanigans, the Saturday in-school detention with the threat of more to come is EVERYONE doesn't behave. HahahahahahahahahahahaHA! Like THAT could ever happen with this bunch. *smirk* Needless to say, one thing leads to another and another and another and...then suddenly, there's no more leading as they are trapped (eureka, the title!) where they shouldn't be, in a place that's been long forgotten, with something that SHOULD NOT EXIST. That last thing? Yeah, it's out for blood too...and it's none too picky about who show more it comes from.
In typical R.L. Stine fashion, the book goes from zero to sixty in a heartbeat, good thing too considering the length of the story, and nothing is held back. NO, really...nothing, as in when rats get in our leading lady's hair, you hear all the squeaky details, or when the mysterious red cloud decides to wring the life from one of our happy bunch, you hear all the bone crunching moments until none are left. Did I mention this was my pick for the Young Adult set and beyond? Yeah, definitely...and yet I enjoyed it, which was surprising to me because my previous exploration into his work yielded different results. Did the author's game change over the years? Who's to say...this title is back from 1997...but I CAN say that you won't forget this short and non-sweet tale ANYTIME soon. show less
Ein sehr spannendes Buch, abwechslungsreich und man kann nie ahnen was passiert.
Mar 7, 2013German
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R. L. Stine was born in Columbus Ohio on October 8, 1943. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1965. Under the name Jovial Bob Stine, he wrote dozens of joke books and humor books for kids including How to Be Funny, 101 Silly Monster Jokes, and Bozos on Patrol. He also created Bananas, a zany humor magazine which he worked on for ten years. show more His first teen horror novel, Blind Date, was published in 1986 under the name R. L. Stine. His other works include Beach House, Hit and Run, The Babysitter, The Girlfriend, the Goosebumps series, and the Fear Street series. He also wrote an adult novel entitled Superstitious. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Trapped
- Original title
- Trapped
- Original publication date
- 1997-12-01
- People/Characters
- Elaine Butler; Jerry Fox; Bo Kendall; Darlene; Max; Mr. Forrest (show all 15); Scott Savage; Mrs. Blaker; Lloyd; Mike Zimmerman; Kathy Kleidermacher; Peter Rienzi; Rick Surmacz; Maggie McMahon; Brenda Sovinski
- Important places
- Shadyside, Ohio, USA; Fear Street; Shadyside High; The Shadyside Labyrinth
- First words
- "I can't believe I'm here," Elaine Butler muttered to herself.
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