The Beast, No. 2 [Paperback]

R.L. Stine (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Climbing on an exciting new amusement park ride, Ashley longs for just one more ride, but when her car returns, Ashley has disappeared, and her closest friend must also get on The Beast in order to rescue her.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067152951X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671529512
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,308,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read!!!!!!!, July 24, 2008

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Don Whitaker "StaciiJaeFan" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beast, No. 2 (Paperback)

I haven't had the pleasure of reading the first one, but when I read this one in 1996....it was worth the time! I enjoyed it from start to finish and the idea of a roller-coaster time machine was different like everyone else has stated. I appreciate R.L. Stein for this book of its time!

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the first one...., June 25, 2004

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Robin M Goffinet (Richmond, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beast, No. 2 (Paperback)

Once again James and Ashley find themselves back in the 1930's at Firelight Park. But this time, they are dealing with a the barker of a freak sideshow who wants to put them in his show because they are from the future.

Great book, great story, but IMO does not compare to the first one.

3.0 out of 5 stars The Evil Time Machine, May 22, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Beast, No. 2 (Paperback)

It was a normal day. James and Ashley just got done riding the Beast. Ashley says she wants to ride the Beast again. James decides to ride the Beast. So Ashley and James right away got on the Beast in the front car. The ride started. After the first hill they started to scream really loud. After the ride James looks over to see that Ashley is not there.
Later on in the book James is still looking for P.D. He finds P.D later on at the Beast. He asks P.D. what to do he says to get one the Beast in Ashleys spot. The ride begins. James starts to scream his head off. All of a sudden he's in a different world.

Some man pulls him out of a capsule. He puts me in some weird space close. I noticed that I was in the past. He walked him down a hallway. He past a kid in a water tank. He looked like a fish. He said, " Run!" James tried to escape. He put him in a cage pulled some curtains. A whole crowd was in front of him. He looked over to see Ashley.

The whole crowd was asking them questions. The other kids in the cage were answering questions. After the a while the show ended. They had 20 minutes to rest.

Later on in the book Ashley and James escaped and ran around the carnival. People were looking at them weird.

They were looking for the Beast. They never found it and ran back to were the came from. The Doctor was made. So the thought of another way. Ashley thought that the could get there close. That was it they went in were the capsule was. As soon as they got there they started to search for there close. Ashley called James over. She had found there close. They went back to their room, and changed. The doctor had came in and saw there close. He said he was going to turn them into a different time. Put them in the capsule. James reversed knobs. The Doctor opened the door to the time machine. He grabbed Ashley, but it was too late. Ashley and James had returned to there time. As they got back they saw Fire works in the sky.

I thought this book was an interesting book. The book was interesting because they would excape form the Doctor I always thought what would happened when they came back. I recommend it for people who like to read Adventure.