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Gabe, a teenager who has just moved to Shadyside, goads the other kids into proving their courage by setting fires.Tags
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Peer pressure can be an awful thing. Five friends who were just having fun at first are soon pulled into a deadly game of fire with no way out. When a fire gets out of hand and someone dies the friends must find out which one of them is responsible before all their lives are ruined forever. When you can't trust your closest friends who else is left?
It was pretty obvious who the culprit was fairly early, mostly probably because I read so many of these. Come to think of it, I was reading this and Silent Night 3 together so I could review them before swapping them, and they were both the same. Both times, the killer was the person who seemed the most innocent and helpless.
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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
- The Fire Game
- Original title
- The Fire Game
- Original publication date
- 1991-03-01
- People/Characters
- Jill Franks; Andrea Hubbard; Diane Hamilton; Miss Dotson; Mrs. Markham; Gabe Miller (show all 16); Nick Malone; Max Bogner; Mr. Molitor; Terry Ryan; Mr. Morrissey; Ed Heasly; Tip Teppler; Miss Mercer; Detective Evan Frazier; Detective Monroe
- Important places
- Shadyside, Ohio, USA; Fear Street; Shadyside High; Pete's Pizza; Red Heat; Shadyside Lanes (show all 18); Fear Street Woods; Fear Lake; Division Street Mall; Olde Sweete Shoppe; Shadyside Pet Shop; The Athlete's Den; Benniger's; Arnold's Gas Station; Fear Street Cemetery; Shadyside Fire Department; Shadyside General Hospital; Simon Fear Mansion
- First words
- Fleecy clouds moved across the sun, then suddenly broke up, sending glittering sunlight through the dusty library window.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Instead, he was tenderly speaking to Diane, telling her again and again, "It's over, Diane. The fire game is over. It's over for good."
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