The Stepsister (Fear Street, No. 9) [Mass Market Paperback]

R. L. Stine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 17, 2005

Fear Street -- Where Your Worst Nightmares Live...

Emily wants to like her stepsister, but it hasn't been easy. As soon as Jessie moves in, she takes over Emily's room, steals Emily's clothes, and lies to everyone. Then Emily picks up Jessie's diary and learns a horrifying secret. Is Jessie really capable of murder?

Emily tries to tell her parents, but no one believes her.

So it's up to Emily to expose the real Jessie -- if she can stay alive.

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About the Author

R.L. Stine invented the teen horror genre with Fear Street, the bestselling teen horror series of all time. He also changed the face of children's publishing with the mega-successful Goosebumps series, which Guinness World Records cites as the Best-Selling Children's Books ever, and went on to become a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jane, and their dog, Nadine.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse (May 17, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416900292
• ISBN-13: 978-1416900290
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #365,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Suspense
  • #45 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Teens > Mysteries
  • #50 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Teens > Horror

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This IS the best book R.L. Stine EVER wrote!!!, July 21, 2005

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This review is from: The Stepsister (Fear Street, No. 9) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read this book so many times I know it by heart! LOL
This book is about a girl named Emily who's father died, so her mother decides re-marry. Emily, her mother and her sister Nancy live in the same house. Her stepfather, her step sister Jessie and her step brother moves in, Emily has to share her room with Jessie, at first Jessie is kind of mean to Emily, when Jessie gets to Emily's room she takes Emily's Teddy Bear and rips the head off of it after that bad things start happening to Emily. Someone puts peroxide in Emily's shampoo and her hair gets dyed green, someone stabs Emily's dog with a knife and leaves him in the middle of the kitchen floor, someone erases Emily's whole book report that she worked on for weeks, someone sets the school bathroom on fire and locks Emily inside, Emily is scared that it might be Jessie who is trying to kill her when she finds Jessie's diary one night and reads that Jessie might have commited a murder....this book has a surprise twist and a sad ending to it. This is the best Fear Street book R.L. Stine has written.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK, July 9, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Stepsister (Fear Street, No. 9) (Mass Market Paperback)

My review

this is my favorite book i've ever read.i'd recomend it to any 1 who likes reading horror books.it wasn't really scary but it was interesting n exciting.the ending is a total surprise.its definately worth reading.i literally couldn't put it down.i'm not even kidding.i bought the book at the bookstore.it was worth every cent.All of stine's fearstreet books are good.

Emily's new stepsister(Jessie) takes over Emily's room,steals her clothes,also lies to everyone.Emily tries to get along with her,but she doesn't trust Jessie.Emily is terrified of her.She learns a horrible secret from Jessies diary.Has Jessie acually killed?emily must expose Jessie before its too late.

I hope my review was helpful.Also i hope it wasn't boring.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Natasha's Review, November 17, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Stepsister (Fear Street, No. 9) (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked the book because it had a surprise ending. It was kind of boring at the beginning but once something bad happened it started to get interesting.
The book Stepsister was about a high school girl named Emily, her sister Nancy, and her stepsister named Jessie. One day when Jessie was taking a nice calm bath, Emily starts to read Jessie's diary. The entry she read was something that she thought that Jessie did was true. The whole time Jessie was living with them some bad things happened, for example, when Emily got home from a dance she found her dog dead. Then the next day she finds her dogs dead body in her backpack. But at the end something happens that you wouldn't expect.
I think this book will be good for anyone older than 10 because little kids they would probably think it was scary. Another reason is that there are words that little kids wouldn't understand.