Locker 13 (The Nightmare Room) [Paperback]

R.L. Stine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 2000 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Nightmare Room (Book 2)

You hold in you hand the key to a shadow world of shivers and screams. Take a step away from the safe, comfortable world you know. Unlock the door to terror. There's always room for one more in...The Nightmare Room.

Say hi to Luke. Today is not his lucky day. It's the first day of school, and he just got his locker assignment--locker 13. Lucky 13? No. Not for Luke. He has just opened the door to The Nightmare Room.

What will you find in The Nightmare Room next time? Find out in book 3: My Name is Evil?

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

On the first day of seventh grade, superstitious Luke wears his lucky shirt and carries his lucky rabbit's foot. Alas, an unpleasant surprise is in store for him. He can't believe his eyes when he sees his locker assignment: number 13. Luke's luck goes from bad to worse as he messes up in the swim team tryout, aggravates the school bully, and finds a black cat in his locker! Meanwhile, his best friend, Hannah, is riding high on good fortune. It isn't until Luke finds a new lucky charm in his locker--a tiny skull with glowing red eyes--that the tides begin to turn. Or do they? Is Luke flying too close to the sun, or has his destiny really reversed? His encounter with the diabolical Fate Master is about to transform his life forever--or end it.

R.L. Stine is actually in the Guinness Book of World Records as the number one bestselling children's author of all time. His Fear Street and Goosebumps series have spooked delighted children for years, and the Nightmare Room series, which began with Don't Forget Me!, is off to a running start in that direction as well. The action is fast paced; thrills and chills are around every corner. You can't fight it, so don't try to thwart your fate: read on. Book 3 is My Name Is Evil. (Ages 9 to 13) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author

Robert Lawrence Stine is the bestselling children's author in history. He began his writing career at the age of nine writing short stories, joke books, and comic books for his friends and has been at it ever since. A graduate of Ohio State University, Mr. Stine served as editor-in-chief of Bananas, a humor magazine for children, before teaming up with Parachute Press to create Fear Street, the first and #1 bestselling youth adult horror series. After the enormous success of Fear Street, Stine and Parachute went on to launch Goosebumps, the bestselling series that made Stine an international celebrity and the #1 betselling children's author of all time (Guinness Book of Records).

R.L. Stine lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jane, their teenage son, Matthew, and their dog, Nadine.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (August 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064409007
• ISBN-13: 978-0064409001
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #603,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good book, November 18, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Locker 13 (The Nightmare Room) (Paperback)

Would you be afraid of your own locker?Luke was afraid of his locker because he heared crying.He always has bad luck but not intil now when he finds a skull.He brought that skull to basketball practice
and shot 10 hoops in a row.When basketball practices were done he went back to his locker and heared that crying in his locker. So he opened his locker and found a cat.A lady coming down the stairs were looking for a cat. So luke told the lady and he got a reward for $100.00.Right after that day he started having bad luck.
I recommend this book to anyone that loves R.L. Stines books.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We all make our own luck - don't we?, August 23, 2000

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Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Locker 13 (The Nightmare Room) (Paperback)

Sometimes it seems to Luke as if he's the unluckiest kid in the seventh grade. On his first day, he gets assigned the unlucky locker - Locker 13, which sits alone, away from the other lockers, in a dark corner. His friend, Hannah, on the other hand, may well be the luckiest seventh grader. She has all the best teachers, her locker is right next to the cafeteria, and she recently won an SUV for her family. But one day, all that changes. Suddenly Luke is the lucky one. He wins a contest, gets a new job, becomes a player on the basketball team, and might get his computer program displayed at a show, which could gain him five thousand dollars. And Hannah has had several terrible accidents all of a sudden. So who or what is causing this? Is it the strange spectar Luke sees in his nightmares and visions? Hannah's lost lucky charm, which Luke found on the day good things started happening? Or is it Locker 13 itself, which may be truly cursed? Well, if you want to find out what happens, you'll just have to read the book. R. L. Stine's fans won't be dissapointed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, July 4, 2001

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Matthew (Charlotte NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Locker 13 (The Nightmare Room) (Paperback)

I really liked this book. It was a lot scarier and more supernatural than other R.L.Stine books. I wish he would write more like this. There is so much great stuff jammed in it - this is going to make a great episode of the upcoming show. My only bad thing to say is that it was too short. It was a lot darker and edgier than other Nightmare Room books. I highly recommend this one.