The Haunting Hour: Chills in the Dead of Night [Paperback]

R.L. Stine (Author), Various (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Ten terrifying tales that will haunt you forever...

"Some stories are too terrifying to tell," says R.L. Stine. "They are the ones that live in the darkest corners of my mind. The ones that give me chills in the dead of night. The ones that I must tell you now -- or they will haunt me forever!"

Read the spine-chilling story of a baby-sitter who loves evil tricks...the terrifying tale of a boy who dared to lie down in an ancient mummy case...the frightful story of two boys just dying to have the scariest Halloween ever...

Are you ready for these scares and more? R.L. Stine, the #1 best-selling children′s author of all time, presents ten new stories that will give you chills in the dead of night and turn any hour into The Haunting Hour!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

R.L. Stine tells 10 haunting tales in The Haunting Hour: Chills in the Dead of Night, including one about a baby-sitter who practices a crafty form of suburban voodoo. As with his Nightmare Hour, a different illustrator introduces each story, among them Charles Burns, Art Spiegelman and Roz Chast.

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Review

“Keeps kids on the edge of their seats.” (Parents magazine )

“He’s King of Creepy.” (Chicago Tribune )

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (August 6, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064410455
• ISBN-13: 978-0064410458
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #781,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Stories that will make you scared, April 29, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Haunting Hour: Chills in the Dead of Night (Hardcover)

This is a collection of R.L. Stine's spookiest stories. And some of them are really scary. My favorite story that scared me the most was "Losers" because i want to remind the bullies at my school, IF THEY CALL ME A LOSER, THEY'RE GONNA BE HUMILIATED ONE DAY. Because it's a about kids who disrepect other kids, and what happens to them? They become the laughing stock of the carnival.

STORIES:

Halloween Dance: Creepy, talking about what happens when you die 8/10
The Bad Babysitter: Wierd, but enjoyable. About a babysitter who hurts kids with a making a minature cookie that looks like their face

And there's alot more. But I'm not gonna give it away. Good book, read it.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars R.L. Stine is a G-E-N-I-U-S!!!, August 17, 2002

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Deirdre (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Haunting Hour: Chills in the Dead of Night (Paperback)

If you like scary stories, do yourself a favor and buy this book! The stories are brillant and very spooky. The pictures match up to them perfectly! I LOVE IT!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stine creepers beware!, March 7, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Haunting Hour: Chills in the Dead of Night (Hardcover)

This book is full of spooky tales! R.L. Stine writes the tales of this book. Here are the chapters "The Halloween dance," "The Bad baby sitter," "Revenge of the Snowman," "How to bargain with a dragon," "The mummy's dream," "Are we there yet?" "Take me with you," "My imaginary friend," "Losers," and "Can you draw me?" These tales will haunt you forever. The Halloween dance is about these kids who got hit a by a truck but they thought they didn't know they did, so this other kid came and told them there was a huge mansion with a party about to start. The three kids went to a graveyard then a big gust of wind came and suddenly thousands of hands come flying out of their graves the two kids want to run away but the other kid told them to stay for the "dead" party. To find out what happens next you need to read the book!!