Help! We Have Strange Powers! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Goosebumps: Horrorland (Scholastic Library)) [Library Binding]

R. L. Stine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2009 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Goosebumps: Horrorland (Scholastic Library) (Book 10)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Twelve-year-old twins Jillian and Jackson are startled when they discover they can read each other's thoughts. But that's not all. They can read other people's thoughts, too! The strange new powers are exciting...at first. But soon they discover that som

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About the Author

R.L. STINE is the creator of the monstrously successful Goosebumps series, which has sold more than 300 million copies worldwide in 32 languages! --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 139 pages
• Publisher: Turtleback (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606053476
• ISBN-13: 978-0606053471
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,299,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars review, January 31, 2012

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This review is from: Goosebumps Horrorland, Book 10: Help! We Have Strange Powers! (Audible Audio Edition)

Jillian and Jackson are twins, yet they're quite different. Jillian is an athlete, while Jackson hates any kind of exercise. In one way they're alike: they despise the new kids at school. Nina and Artie Lerner are also twins, but they're bumbling, clueless, and just plain difficult to be around. So Jillian and Jackson are not exactly pleased when Nina and Artie show up at the movies, joining them and managing not only to ruin Jackson's new sweater but to get all four kids thrown out of the movie theater. And Jillian and Jackson don't even get to see the superhero movie they've been dying to catch.

Both Jillian and Jackson are in foul moods after they are ousted from the theater. But they perk up when they see a fortune teller's booth with a wooden fortune teller inside. They can't resist. They put a quarter in the slot, but the old fortune teller's hand doesn't reach the opening in the booth. So Jackson reaches way deep inside the booth, while Jillian pushes on his shoulders to extend his stretch. And that's when they get zapped with electricity --- so hard that Jillian actually bites her tongue. When they finally manage to recover, they read the fortune teller's card:

"Welcome to HorrorLand."

The twins have no idea what that means, so they just forget about it --- until much later. Meanwhile, life continues for the twins, but it's not exactly the same. For one thing, they can't help but notice that Jillian can read everyone's mind (which means she's answering questions people are just thinking). Jackson can suddenly levitate objects, such as a bottle of syrup during breakfast along with a waffle or two. He even makes one of the school cafeteria chairs float in the air. The twins decide they need to figure out more about their newly acquired powers, although Jackson can't resist freezing the clock to avoid a quiz in class.

While Jillian and Jackson grapple with how to use their superpowers, the Lerner twins continue to be obnoxious. Artie accidentally slams a soccer ball into Jackson's stomach so hard that Jackson can't breathe. Nina borrows class notes from Jillian, and then ruins them so Jillian can't study from them. When Jillian and Jackson try to teach Nina and Artie a lesson, though, their retaliation backfires. Frightened, they head to a park at night to test exactly how strong their powers might be --- and that's when they meet someone who will introduce them to true terror.

HELP! WE HAVE STRANGE POWERS! is another enjoyably frightening installment in the ever-so-creepy Goosebumps HorrorLand series, topped off with (cue spooky music here) the expected invite to the scariest amusement park on earth. R.L. Stine manages to twist the plot in a totally unforeseen way and to inject some laugh-out-loud moments, while continuing his tradition of terror-filled tales. Fans of the series will also be happy to catch up with the characters from the previous episodes as they all strive to survive the fear-provoking events in HorrorLand: "Where Nightmares Come to Life!"

2.0 out of 5 stars Stine cheated in this book, July 13, 2009

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BullDog (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goosebumps HorrorLand #10: Help! We Have Strange Powers! (Mass Market Paperback)

I have enjoyed many of Stine's books. But this one rambled more than I would have liked, and Stine cheated the reader at the end -- because there is no end to this book. It is continued in #11 ESCAPE FROM HORRORLAND.

So, thinking I was buying a complete book (at least that is what I paid for) I bought the first in an installment of books.

Not fair!

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Enjoyably Frightening Installment In The Ever-So-Creepy Goosebumps HorrorLand Series, June 3, 2009

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KidsReads (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goosebumps HorrorLand #10: Help! We Have Strange Powers! (Mass Market Paperback)

Jillian and Jackson are twins, yet they're quite different. Jillian is an athlete, while Jackson hates any kind of exercise. In one way they're alike: they despise the new kids at school. Nina and Artie Lerner are also twins, but they're bumbling, clueless, and just plain difficult to be around. So Jillian and Jackson are not exactly pleased when Nina and Artie show up at the movies, joining them and managing not only to ruin Jackson's new sweater but to get all four kids thrown out of the movie theater. And Jillian and Jackson don't even get to see the superhero movie they've been dying to catch.

Both Jillian and Jackson are in foul moods after they are ousted from the theater. But they perk up when they see a fortune teller's booth with a wooden fortune teller inside. They can't resist. They put a quarter in the slot, but the old fortune teller's hand doesn't reach the opening in the booth. So Jackson reaches way deep inside the booth, while Jillian pushes on his shoulders to extend his stretch. And that's when they get zapped with electricity --- so hard that Jillian actually bites her tongue. When they finally manage to recover, they read the fortune teller's card:

"Welcome to HorrorLand."

The twins have no idea what that means, so they just forget about it --- until much later. Meanwhile, life continues for the twins, but it's not exactly the same. For one thing, they can't help but notice that Jillian can read everyone's mind (which means she's answering questions people are just thinking). Jackson can suddenly levitate objects, such as a bottle of syrup during breakfast along with a waffle or two. He even makes one of the school cafeteria chairs float in the air. The twins decide they need to figure out more about their newly acquired powers, although Jackson can't resist freezing the clock to avoid a quiz in class.

While Jillian and Jackson grapple with how to use their superpowers, the Lerner twins continue to be obnoxious. Artie accidentally slams a soccer ball into Jackson's stomach so hard that Jackson can't breathe. Nina borrows class notes from Jillian, and then ruins them so Jillian can't study from them. When Jillian and Jackson try to teach Nina and Artie a lesson, though, their retaliation backfires. Frightened, they head to a park at night to test exactly how strong their powers might be --- and that's when they meet someone who will introduce them to true terror.

HELP! WE HAVE STRANGE POWERS! is another enjoyably frightening installment in the ever-so-creepy Goosebumps HorrorLand series, topped off with (cue spooky music here) the expected invite to the scariest amusement park on earth. R.L. Stine manages to twist the plot in a totally unforeseen way and to inject some laugh-out-loud moments, while continuing his tradition of terror-filled tales. Fans of the series will also be happy to catch up with the characters from the previous episodes as they all strive to survive the fear-provoking events in HorrorLand: "Where Nightmares Come to Life!"

--- Reviewed by Terry Miller Shannon