A fifth collection of spooky tales by the author of the My Teacher Is an Alien series and other notable writers features vampires, werewolves, demons, dinosaurs, monsters, and things that go bump in the night.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
An amazing compilation:
I recently dug this book out on a whim, after having not so much as looked at it for perhaps five years or more, and was genuinely surprised and delighted. The stories are a lot more mature than I would have expected for a book marketed to children. I say this not because they are in any way inappropriate, but because they deal with somewhat darker themes than most believe children can handle--love, death, loss, choice, sacrifice, abuse, and so forth. None of the writers "talk down" to the target audience,... more info
Sad = Scary?:
Perhaps I'm a little odd by thinking that the most spinetingling ones are the two saddest - One Chance and The Thing in Auntie Alma's Pond. Both are beautifully written and mournful beyond doubt. The others, well... Not so sure. Most are wierd and hard to understand.
Not a spinetingler story in there.:
Story one was sad. Letters from... was weird. Grendel was boring. What's a Little...? was good but not scary. Past Sunset was sad and dumb. I never liked that author. Vampire for... left me yawning. Jenny Nettles was sad but not scary. Basilisk was good but not scary. None of the stories was scary.
