The Beast
by R. L. Stine
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THRILL RIDE I mean, The Beast was one awesome ride! My cousin Ashley and I had never been on anything like it. And then we heard about the ghost that was supposed to ride it at night after the park closed. A ghost on a roller coaster? Yeah, sure. I didn't believe it, of course. Then one night after the park closed, we found ourselves on The Beast. Was I shocked when it started to move! But that was just the beginning. Because, you see, we weren't alone...and the guy with us wasn't exactly human!Tags
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Twelve-year-old cousins James and Ashley are having fun riding rides at Kings Island amusement park. They decide to ride the rollercoaster (The Beast) one more time. While they are waiting in line to ride it again two boys tell them the rollercoaster is haunted by a ghost that rides The Beast at night when the park is closed. Later, James and Ashley get locked in the park at night and can't get out. Ashley persuades James to go to The Beast and see if the story the boys say is true, that a ghost rides The Beast at night...
This was a fun time-travel mystery-adventure for children. I really liked the park setting.
A short and exciting story for kids that adults may enjoy, too!
This was a fun time-travel mystery-adventure for children. I really liked the park setting.
A short and exciting story for kids that adults may enjoy, too!
Independent Reading Level: Grade 3 - 5
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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 Beast
Classifications
- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 813.08738 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Horror fiction; Ghost fiction Horror fiction
- LCC
- PZ7 .S86037 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 238
- Popularity
- 136,172
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.30)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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