Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Goosebumps, No 9) [Paperback]

R. L. Stine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1995 | Series: Goosebumps, No 9

Billy thinks that life at camp is a tad creepy, but when other campers start to disappear and his parents do not answer his letters, Camp Nightmoon becomes Camp Nightmare.

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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 and has been published in more than 32 languages worldwide. He lives in New York. Visit him at www.rlstine.com. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Apple; First edition (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590466194
• ISBN-13: 978-0590466196
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #810,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to Camp Nightmare By Tiffany a review, November 6, 2001

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Sandy Keppel (Akron,New York,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Goosebumps, No 9) (Paperback)

Have you ever been stuck at a camp where everybody keeps disappearing? Well Billy, the protagonist of the book Welcome To Camp Nightmare, has. Billy and his friends can handle the food, the counselors, and Uncle Al. then Jay, Roger, Mike and Colin, his bunkmates, start disappearing one by one. Now what's going on?
First, a snake bit Mike. He got taken away because it hurt so badly. Colin got hit in the head with a baseball. He was seeing double like a bug. Larry threw it so hard that Colin had to go to the hospital. Next Jay and Roger went to the forbidden bunk. Roger screamed like a little baby when it's hungry. Everyone said there was something out there and Roger had just found it. A monster called Sabre had eaten Roger. Jay luckily survived but then disappeared on a walk he took the next day.
Billy had been witnessing all of this. He was scared to death as if he had just been kidnapped. New bunkmates came in Billy's bunk. They were very strange. Billy didn't want to go with them anywhere or do any of the activities. He was so scared.
I feel that it was a great book. I really anticipated turning the pages. I was on the verge of finishing the whole book in one night. I was very frightened when Billy was all alone. I didn't know if he was going to get home. I had to finish the book!
What will happen? What's going on? Why won't his parents answer his letters? What kind of monster is Sabre? All of these questions can be answered when you read the Goosebumps book, Welcome To Camp Nightmare, R.L. Stine. Will Billy get home or even survive? Read the book and find out.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, not great, October 24, 2005

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Anna M. Ligtenberg "AnnaLovesBooks" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Goosebumps, No 9) (Paperback)

ISBN 0590466194 - All the horror stories of camp are real, from the food to the counselors. Even the ones that are never real, like disappearing campers, come true in Welcome to Camp Nightmare.

Billy is 12 and going to his first sleepaway camp at Camp Nightmoon. Even before they reach the camp, things take a bad turn as the campers are attacked by wolf-like creatures. Things get worse. Campers do disappear - and Uncle Al and the counselors don't care! Even Billy's parents can't be counted on. They haven't written once while Billy's been at camp and, when Visitors Day is cancelled, Billy's one window of opportunity for escape has slammed shut. What could possibly happen next?

My greatest complaint about the book is that the ending was quite abrupt, at what should be the climax of the story. Something like a rollercoaster, zipping along, and suddenly coming to a stop. I'm pretty sure that was intentional, but it has the feeling of Stine having painted himself into a corner and getting out of it the only way available. Good reading, though, for the target audience.

- AnnaLovesBooks

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars welcome to camp nightmare, December 11, 2002

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Melinda Lundberg "Children's Lit-a-holic" (Duluth, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Welcome to Camp Nightmare (Goosebumps Presents TV Book #3) (Paperback)

In this particuler book the begging is great but the end kind of drags, but im not saying you shouldn't read it its still a great book!
The protagonist in this book is Billy. He and some other kids get sent to camp nightmoon but when the bus driver unloads everything in the middle of nowhere they think that their in the wrong place, but the driver ignored them and drove off leaving all the kids with the question still in their head where were they.After being atacked by some sort of beast uncle Al the camp consular comes to the rescue.Uncle Al shows each kid to their cabins which they had to share. Suddenly wierd things started to happen and people started missing but when Bily would ask a question the other camp consulars were mean about it and wouldnt give them the proper answer they deserve!
Hey i know what your thinking what happens next well thats all th info your getting out of me so if your curios to see what the beast is and why everyone is missing red the book and you will unlock worlds of answers!

What i liked best about this book is that was that so many things were happing in a short amount of time which builds the suspence and excitement with each coming page!