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Slumber Party (Point Paperback)

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In "Slumber Party," 17-year-old Lara Johnson (the protagonist) and her five girl friends (Celeste Winston, Dana Miller, Rachael Grayson, Nell Kutroff, and Mindy Casey) travel to Cedar Stream, California, for a weekend ski trip. Shortly after they arrive, strange and dangerous things start to occur: a snowman mysteriously melts; Dana goes missing, leaving unusual ski tracks in the snow--both events leading Lara to a "supernatural hypothesis"--and then Mindy's arm gets seriously burned in the fireplace. What it all leads back to is a fiery slumber party eight years ago when one of them was disfigured and her sister died. And someone wants to make sure they never forget it.

"Slumber Party" wasn't quite as engaging as some of Pike's later books (I think this is his first published book under this pseudonym), but it was still a fast-paced mind twister, with a little bit of romance thrown in between Lara and a 22-year-old guy (Percy Chand) she meets at the lodge. It vaguely reminded me of "Weekend" (the book published just after this one), because of its conspiratorial vacation setup; though instead of heading South, this one heads for the slopes. If you've read "Weekend," then you may be able to uncover the mystery in "Slumber Party" a little quicker. This is certainly worth picking up if you're a Pike fan and/or like teen suspense.

This book surprised me! It wasn't like others I've read by Christopher Pike. It is about how a girl named Lara who goes on a skiing vacation with her friends to a house owned by one of the girl's family. In the story Lara runs into a lot of bad luck and most of the incidents seem to be related to fire. Lara gets spooked because in her childhood she and her friends had a slumber party. During the slumber party, Nell, the girl who's family owns the cabin, had to bring her little sister Nicole and she ended up dying from fire. Lara thought Nicole had come back to haunt her because she died caught on fire and Lara tried to put her out by dumping brandy on her. A couple minutes later she blew up. At the cabin weird things happen. A snowman melts that is in shade and it is freezing out side. Dana suddenly disappears and one of her skis is found on the path. Mindy's arm suddenly catches on fire and her arm wasn't touching any fire. To top it all off the so-called police man that parks their car for them may not even be a police man but a car theif. This book was very unpredictable!

The book "Slumber Party" by Christopher Pike was the first book I've read of his and it was exellent. I would give "Slumber Party" a 4. i loved the book "slumber Party" because it delt with a group of 6 girls that went on a ski trip to find out that something weird was going to happen to them. It started with a snowman that melted and shouldn't have, then went on to a mysterious phone call. When one of the girls went for a jog and didn't return the girls start to wounder whats happening. "Slumber Party" is a great mystery book that keeps you in suspense.

This was pikes first book. i found it fairly good. the plot was good and (kind of) kept u hooked. it kind of would of been better if it was supernatural like how the characters though. More mystery than horror/thriller. Ive been reding pike since i was 10. He is WAY better then rl stine. stine repeats him self WAY too much.

Some of my fav pike books r:
Remember me 1&3
Final Friends
Chain Letter 1&2
and the rest of his books
Worst bk:
The Visitor

This was the first Christopher Pike book I read and I loved it! Pike keeps you guessing and you'll never guess "whodunnit". It was kind of weird that my name was used in Slumber Party but I'm glad I read it. I would truly recommend this book for children 12 years and up. Other Pike books that I recommend are "Spellbound", "Die Softly", "Bury Me Deep", "Witch", and The Last Vampire series.

Although not one of his best novels, in my opinion, Slumber Party is an extremely well crafted novel in all aspects. I loved it! It will keep your attention the whole way through, and will leave you wishing for more when the final page is through. It is a gem!

This book was one of the best books I've ever read in my entire life! I've read tons of mysteries and horror stories but this is the best one! Christopher Pike is an excellent author, and I'm currently reading another book of his titled, "Remember Me"

Slumber Party has a lot of characters involved in the story, but it introduces them carefully so you can remember them, and try to figure out who is the murderer. It has an excellent plot, and I'd love to tell you it, but it would spoil the whole suprise.

I would definetly recommend this book for teens you hate to read. I myself am 13 years old and my other friend was staying at my house and we actually read the rest of the book together, and she hates to read, but she LOVED the book! I look up to Christopher Pike as an EXCELLENT author and hope to become one myself someday!

An early Pike novel about a group of teenagers who want to spend a ski weekend together, yet things get messed up. A girl disappears and other girls are fighting. It has a VERY similar plot to Weekend, you can totally tell they were written near each other. A good Pike!

I loved this book. Too bad its out of print. Good thing i got it at a used book store. This Was Pike's first book.I'm glad it wasn't his last. It was full of twists, turns and snowmen!

I have read many books by Christopher Pike, and this is one of the best. "Slumber Party" was very well written and you can tell that it took a while to write this story. There were many times I wanted to look at the back of the book because I couldnt take the suspense any more and I wanted to know who was the one doing everything. If you love mystery books with alot of suspense... this is a great book for you.