Teachers home lessons and ideas books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit student activities. Write routinely over extended time frames time for research, reflection, and revision and shorter time frames a single sitting or a day or two for a range of disciplinespecific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Stine started his career as a writer by writing humor books for kids and created the humor magazine bananas. Stine s books have sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide. Point horror is a series of young adult horror fiction books. Stines books in order of when they were originally published and in. Stine said that unlike most authors, his story ideas always start with a creepy book title. Stine wrote blind date, twisted, the babysitter, beach party, the boyfriend, the babysitter ii, the girlfriend, the snowman, beach house, hit and run, the hitchhiker, halloween night, the dead girlfriend, call waiting, i saw you that night, halloween. His first teen horror novel, blind date, was published in 1986 under the name r. If you like what you hear please support the author and. Phbc the hitchhiker by r l stine chelley toy book blog. In this book two girls, terri and christina, were on a road trip.
Stine wrote 20 of the books in the series from 1986 to 1997. See more ideas about horror books, books and my books. Stine also won the thriller writers of america silver bullet award and the horror writers association lifetime achievement award. Stines hundreds of horror novels, plus joke books and game books have sold over 400 million copies. Its a state wide test every high school student takes in massachusetts and you need to pass it to graduate no matter what. Stine invented the teen horror genre with fear street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. Some of his other works include a space cadets trilogy, two hark gamebooks, and dozens of joke books. Normally, i wouldnt find it terribly exciting if a potentially homicidal hitchhiker thought i was sexy, but its kind of cool to find a stine book where fatties arent totally marginalized. The guinness book of world records named stine as the bestselling childrens book series author of all time.
He also changed the face of childrens publishing with the megasuccessful goosebumps series, which went on to become a worldwide multimedi. Stine scholastic 1991 horror paperback book point fiction superstitious by r. Stines books have sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide. The hitchhiker is the 32nd book in the point horror series and the 11th book in the series written by r. Stine co parachute publishing 157 columbus avenue room 518 new york, ny 10023. Stine s hugely successful young adult horror series fear street is back with the first new book in almost 2 decades. So, after a week of partying, terri and christina are cruising down the road toward their home in cleveland. Stine is the creator of the bestselling goosebumps series, which inspired the popular television show, as well as the fear street series and many other spooky tales for children. Audiobooks on youtube presents the ninth chapter of r.
Stines novel the haunted mask, the eleventh book in the goosebumps series. Point horror was a series of horror themed books by scholastic. Stine, creator of fear street and the cheerleaders series. Stine, author of the multimillionselling fear street and goosebumps series. Ive read this book a few times, and this is the first time i realized the guy from the beginning and the. James decides to go with them because he has a cousin in tampa named paul that owes him money. As a token of my sincere apologies, i present to you my firstever non goosebumps r. I chose to read this book, because i have read other r. Terri and christina get more than they bargained for when they pick up a hitchhiker who has a disturbing, mysterious past. On their way they picked up a hitchhiker named james.
Despite the fact that almost every book has a different collection of characters, the series has one common element that kids cant get enough of. The book had me zooming through the chapters non stop. Stine became a published fiction author in 1981 with the novel gnasty gnomes. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I read it alot wen i was alot younger and it brings back the joy wen i was little everytime i read it. All of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboard. The hitchhiker by r l stine book cover, description, publication history. When the hitchhiker opens, hes standing on the side of the road and mumbling to himself.
He keeps thinking about how much he hates key west, how he shouldnt have hurt some poor girl, and how hell never go back. The main story is about a boy named luke who is about 12 to years and is in 7th grade. Despite the warnings of her best friend, terri, christina stops to pick up a handsome hitchhiker and. When rachel arrives at the island, a scavenger hunt turns up some horrifying surprises. They are on their way back home from taking a trip to florida. Stine, the author of the goosebumps childrens horror book series, takes us on a 360degree tour of his apartment, where a skeleton, a threefootlong cockroach and two ventriloquist.
This one is the hitchhiker, one of stine s early nonseries horror books pitched at a ya audience. Stines books in order of when they were originally published and in chronological order. This one is the hitchhiker, one of stines early nonseries horror books pitched. Do not read this book if under the age of this was a really good book but, here is the big but it is desperately inappropriate. That tells me everything i need to know about how much ill love or hate this book. Best known as the author of the goosebumps and fear street series, he is often referred to as the stephen king of childrens literature. This book is for middle schoolers to high schoolers. His other works include beach house, hit and run, the babysitter, the girlfriend, the goosebumps series. Stine has written more than two hundred thriller and horror books for children, teens, and adults. Stines hugely successful young adult horror series fear street is back with the first new book in almost 2 decades. See more ideas about horror books, horror and my books.
In party games, rachel is thrilled to be invited to brendan fears exclusive birthday party on fear island. Soon, rachel has to fight to survive the deadliest game of all the game of murder. Goosebumps cast a spell upon children by transforming even the most reluctant students into avid readers. Oct 08, 2016 this is the best goosebumps book and r. Stine has been referred to as the stephen king of childrens literature and is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the fear street, goosebumps, rotten school, mostly ghostly, and the nightmare room series. Story highlights stine has written more than 300 books that have sold a combined 350 million copies.
Jun 16, 2015 audiobooks on youtube presents the ninth chapter of r. Jul 18, 2009 do not read this book if under the age of this was a really good book but, here is the big but it is desperately inappropriate. Mar 30, 2009 well i have a big test tomorrow its mcas. Stine has described himself as a fearful child among his two siblings and said that it was her mother who read the first horror book him and that inspired him to write mostly horror fiction novels and became a specialist in that genre. Stine s hundreds of horror novels, plus joke books and game books have sold over 400 million copies.
This book takes place in florida, and the main characters are christina, terry, and james. His goosebumps series, which was the bestselling series of all time for many years, is widely considered the consummate horror series for kids, with more than four hundred million copies sold. R l stine rl stine is a novelist and short story writer best known for his young adult horror fiction, including the fear street and goosebumps series. So, in spite of her best friends arguments, christina stops to pick up the handsome hitchhiker. The plot in this story is based on a guy named james who has left from home in key west a place in florida he ran away for no in particular reason except that he hated living there. Stine is about two girls named christina jenkins and terri martin. Authors who published under the label of point horror include r. The story follows siblings luke and lizzy who get trapped inside a terrifying amusement park. The point horror series was launched in 1991 by scholastic inc, with the publisher rereleasing several of its previous titles under the point horror banner. On their way, christina and terri pick up a hitchhiker named james. Stine is an extremely prolific author who written well over 400 books and has sold as many as 400 million books as of 2008. With more than 80 million copies sold around the world, fear street is one of the bestselling young adult series of all time. Oct 16, 2009 refreshingly, james still wants to tap that.
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