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"A girl gets caught in a deadly game of hide-and-seek in this first book in the Ghosts of Fear Street series from the master of children's horror, R.L. Stine--now with a reimagined look! Do you believe in ghosts? Don't say no until you take a walk down Fear Street. Past the woods, where no birds sing. Past the lake, where something lurks beneath the water. Past the cemetery, where everyone is dying to meet you. New kid in town Randy discovers there's much more at stake than she thought in show more the town's annual after-dark game of hide-and-seek. Turns out, the seeker is the spirit of a long-dead kid from town, and anyone he tags "it" turns into a ghost! Even worse, the spectral seeker has a particular fondness for new kids..."-- show lessTags
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Randy's just moved to Shadyside, and it turns out that being the new girl can be dangerous for twelve-year-olds- they have to play hide-and-seek with a ghost! Randy thinks she knows who the ghost is- Lucas! During the game, however, she discovers she's wrong and the ghost almost catches her. Lucas saves her in the nick of time- and gets caught himself. Luckily some graveyard ghosts tease the ghost out of Lucas and he and Randy escape.
This book was very frightening. It kept me up at night.
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Author Information
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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
- Hide and Shriek
- Original title
- Hide and Shriek
- Original publication date
- 1995-07-01
- People/Characters
- Miranda "Randy" Clay; Pete Jones; Barbara "Baby" Clay; Sara Lewis; Lucas; David Slater (show all 24); Laura; Maggie; Ms. Hartman; Mr. Pine; Mr. Clay; Mrs. Clay; Mrs. Lewis; Megan; Anita; Karla; Kris; Ms. Mason; Mr. Sirk; Ms. Munson; Mr. Lewis; Joseph Lewis; Paul Lewis; Jeff Fader
- Important places
- Shadyside, Ohio, USA; Fear Street; Fear Street Woods; Shadyside Middle School; Fear Street Cemetery; Division Street Mall (show all 7); North Hills
- First words
- "Randy! Randy!"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And I never did.
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- Reviews
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- Rating
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- 7 — Czech, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 17
- ASINs
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