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A Midsummer Night's Scream


No. of pages 272

Published: 2014

Great for age 12-18 years

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It was a horror movie that turned into real horror - three young actors lost their lives while the camera rolled. Production stopped, and people claimed that the movie was cursed. Sixty years later, in a desperate attempt to revive their failing studio, Claire's dad has green-lit a remake of Mayhem Manor - and Claire and her friends are dying to be involved. At first, Claire laughs at Jake's talk of ghosts and curses. He's been too busy crushing on her best friend Delia to notice that she's practically been throwing herself at him. And anyway, this is her big chance to be a star! When shooting starts, though, the set is plagued by a series of horrible accidents-could history be repeating itself?

 

 

There are 272 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2014 by Palgrave USA .

Stine lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jane, and their son, Matthew.

 

"Romantic comedy quickly turns to horror and revenge in this story of glam teen movie stars haunted by a Hollywood curse. Enough scares to keep you guessing--and screaming!" --Harlan Coben, author of Seconds Away

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"It's a page turner until the end, with short chapters that help increase the pace. Stine enjoys himself writing not for kids but about them." --Associated Press on Red Rain

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