Goosebumps: The Haunted School
by R L Stine
Book Summary Information
Author: R L StineEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN: 0439774756
Number of pages: 144
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
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- ISBN13: 9780439774758
- Condition: NEW
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Book Reviews of Goosebumps: The Haunted School
Book Review: Mediocre
Summary: 3 Stars
Like a lot of the late-series Goosebumps books, The Haunted School seems to put being weird and bizarre as a higher priority than being scary and unsettling. Gone are the creepy atmospherics of The Ghost Next Door; instead we have insane black-and-white ghost children drinking and spewing black ink while chanting like maniacs.
The book gets off to a strong start with a nice, lengthy scene of Tommy getting lost in his new school. It's creepy, suspenseful, well-written and does a nice job of setting the scene - especially when the secrets of the Class of '47 and the whispering ghosts turn up. But almost immediately afterwards, we find ourselves stranded in "Grayworld", and the book takes a turn for the worse. As noted in my review of Full Moon Fever, the best Goosebumps books are those that allow us to get to know characters before whatever cruel fate Stine has ordained befalls them; launch into the creepiness too quickly and it's hard to really care what happens. As it is here. Stine's character development here is really lame; Tommy's friend Ben is a joker, and we know this because every other word out of his mouth is a sarcastic quip. The lack of an interesting antagonist doesn't help matters, and while the book is reasonably well-written and has some unsettling images, it's mostly pretty by-the-numbers.
Overall, The Haunted School is another fairly disposable late-series Goosebumps entry (with a misleading title, to boot). Still, at a time when Stine was churning out utter drek like I Live in Your Basement and Monster Blood IV, it's a comparative masterpiece.
Summary of Goosebumps: The Haunted School
He's hearing voices . . . from another world!Tommy Frazer's dad just got married. Now Tommy's got a new mom. And he's going to a new school -- Bell Valley Middle School.Tommy doesn't hate school. But it's hard making friends. And his new school is so big, it's easy to get lost. Which is exactly what happens.Tommy gets lost -- lost in a maze of empty classrooms. And that's when he hears the voices. Kids' voices crying for help. Voices coming from behind the classroom walls. . . .
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