When Nobody's Home: 15 Baby-Sitting Tales Of Terror (Point Paperback) [Paperback]

Judith Gorog (Author)

Book Description

Series: Point Paperback | Publication Date: October 1, 1998

Sasha is baby-sitting twins who are about to have a horrifying accident. June is a snoopy baby-sitter who's dug up something deadly. These and 13 more chilling tales will delight even the hardest horror fan.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-7?An uneven collection of horror tales more or less related to a baby-sitting theme. The stories vary widely in style and quality, and several have definite folklore roots. In "Three Brothers," the youngest child defeats a demon tiger to save his siblings. Others owe a perceptible debt to the anonymous shocker tales that have been told around Scout campfires for generations. "Doglicks," a gory version of the old maniac-on-the-loose tale, is a particularly horrific example. There are also some highly original chillers here. "Double Pay" is a scary yet tender story of a young baby-sitter called to comfort a frightened infant ghost on the anniversary of the fire that killed it. Unfortunately, even in the best of these selections, the writing style is often stilted and unnatural. Run-on sentences of almost Dickensian length are common, and there are many cliche expressions. The topic may attract readers, but the total package is ultimately disappointing.?Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

Gr. 6^-12. Teenagers looking for macabre stories that have a slight touch of humor may find what they want in this rather uneven collection of 15 tales. The common theme is baby-sitting, and the stories depict bizarre and bloody happenings that occur when someone is responsible for children, pets, or houses. Some of the tales are truly terrifying, but others are totally unbelievable, despite the author's note insisting that they are true. Mary Romano Marks --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059046874X
• ISBN-13: 978-0590468749
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,126,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, June 20, 2004

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This review is from: When Nobody's Home: 15 Baby-Sitting Tales Of Terror (Point Paperback) (Paperback)

I just wanted to review this book so I could give it 5 stars, I dont really have anything to say other than I liked it. Then again I like a lot of things most people don't.

3.0 out of 5 stars Scary Tales of Terror, July 10, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: When Nobody's Home: 15 Baby-Sitting Tales Of Terror (Point Paperback) (Paperback)

The wonderful book, When Nobody's Home by Judith Gorog, is fifteen baby-sitting tales of terror. This book is very suspenseful and informative. There are fifteen different terrifying stories about what can happen when nobody else is home, and the baby-sitter is the adult, because the parents are not at home. I recommend this book because the reader can learn a lot from reading it. This book is about baby-sitting alone at night with younger kids who are very weird. Another noteworthy point about the book is that this is a very mysterious story. This book shows that being in someone else's house can be really scary. It also shows that especially at night-time it can be more terrifying then anyone can imagine. For example, when Sasha first arrives at the twins home it is raining and their parents leave. Sasha lets them go outside. Then the phone rings when the twins are outside. Sasha goes inside to answer the phone. When she returns outside the twins are gone!!! Suspense like this continues throughout the book. Another reason to read this book is that the characters are completely different from each other in interesting ways. One of the characters uncovers a story with a deadly ending. June is snoopy, Lupe is greedy, Sasha is easily scared. These are some of the reason why I would recommend this book. One reason this book isn't perfect is because in this story there are fifteen different characters who have their own points of view about the horrifying things that can happen when nobody's home. But this is what makes the story mysterious and suspenseful. This book is a really interesting story that gives its readers a lot to think about during the story.

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing, January 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: When Nobody's Home: Thirteen Tales for Tonight (Hardcover)

This book was very disapointing. When I got it I thought it will be so good but in fact it's boring and weird and not at all scary! Trust me, it's not as good as it appears to be!