Ghoul Trouble (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) (Mass Market Paperback)

by John Passarella (Author)

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Product Description

Something wicked has been preying on Sunnydale students -- and whatever it is, its methods are pretty gruesome. Buffy locates some human bones that have been picked clean, and knows that she's dealing with an unearthly evil. Some help from the Scooby Gang would be ideal, but they've run into trouble of their own. Oz and Xander are literally (perhaps unnaturally) mesmerized by a hottie new chick band headlining at the Bronze, and Willow has been captured by Sunnydale's latest resident carnivores.

What they need is the Slayer. But in order to help her friends, Buffy must first dust a vampire -- one that has an urgent interest in Joyce Summers, the unique ability to resist sunlight, and an open invitation to the Summers' house...

About the Author
John Passarella lives in Swedesboro, New Jersey, with his wife and two sons. His coauthored debut novel, Wither, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel of 1999. Wither will soon be a feature film from Columbia Pictures.

Being an avid fan of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series, John decided the time had come to write his own Buffy novel after the San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle commented that Wither "hits the groove that makes TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer such a kick."

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Ghoul Trouble, is his second novel.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment (October 3, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743400429
• ISBN-13: 978-0743400428
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #368,483 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ghoul Trouble, October 21, 2000

By	"btvswtcher72" (Southport, NC USA) - See all my reviews

I have read every Buffy book that I have been able to get my hands on as well as watched the tv series and I have to say this is one of the more entertaining ones. It is based on the old legend of the Sirens of the sea luring the soldiers to their deaths with a song that they could only hear. This time it is a pack of ghouls masquerading as a band of beautiful young women ready to rock and roll the men and boys of Sunnydale to their untimely deaths. Not gonna happen in Buffy Summers town! Poor Xander with his horrible taste in girlfriends-Praying mantis and a mummy ring a bell, ends up to be the most smitten of the guys and almost becomes part of the main course. In the mean time there is yet another baddie wreaking havoc in the form of a vampire that can walk in the day light. He calls himself Solitaire and one particular passage where he ends up fighting with Angel made me want to cringe. All in all this book has everything that the Buffy fan looks for in action/adventure/bad guys/ and of course the "good" guys winning in the end. Heck you might even end up cheering for Cordelia a little bit as well. It is definitely one that I could not put down....

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellant addition to the Buffy novel series., September 30, 2000

By	Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

When a new all-female rock band playing at the Bronze seems to mesmarize the male audience in a seemingly unnatural way, Buffy takes notice, but she doesn't really have the opportunity to investigate further. On patrol one night recently, she discovered some human bones that had been picked completely clean. And there's a new vampire in town named Solitaire, who can apparently move about during the day, unharmed by the sunlight. When Willow manages to identify the bones through personal items such as wallets and jewelry found with them, the Scooby Gang discovers that all the victims were young males, students at either the high school or UC Sunnydale. Then one night, Willow dissapears, and Solitaire decides to strike at Buffy by attacking both Giles and Angel. Now Buffy must defeat Solitaire, discover who killed all those guys, and rescue Willow from whoever captured her. Can she accomplish all three things in time to save her friends? This Buffy novel was filled with action, suspense, mystery, and a surprising conclusion. I highly reccomend it to fans. And I really like the new cover design, on a side note.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Buffy Book!, April 14, 2001

By	Josh "Josh" (Sc, Usa) - See all my reviews

I've been a fan of the Buffy books for a long time, and it's always good to see a new author write a book for the series. John Passarella wrote a pretty impressive book. Ghoul Trouble is set early in the third season, even before Xander and Willow kissed, and it was pretty awesome to see how Passerela was able to keep the continuity. I even caught hints that lead to things in season 4. I also liked how Passarella managed to make 2 main villians for this book, each is as interesting as the other. A little more folklore was even started, about the existence of ghouls, and to add to the danger of the 2 main villians, he takes 3 of the people closest to Buffy and puts them in instant danger. But what really made this book was the twist the takes place during one of the final battles with one of the main villians. It wasn't obvious to me at all while I was reading the book, and when I got to the twist, I knew I couldn't stop reading. I look forward to see if John Passarella will write another Buffy novel.