The Ghost Next Door (Goosebumps, #10)

by R. L. Stine

Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

J3G.Sti

Publication

Scholastic Inc. (An Apple Paperback)

Pages

124

Description

When an odd new boy moves in next door, Hannah's neighborhood starts to get more and more eerie, and she suspects that the pale boy must be a ghost.

Description

Hannah Fairchild is startled to wake up from a horrific nightmare to find that the empty house next door has suddenly been sold, as if overnight, and the son of the family somehow has the ability to survive a series of near-fatal accidents. The more she investigates, Hannah discovers to her shock that the new neighbors might be ghosts.

Collection

Barcode

3347

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1993

Physical description

124 p.; 7.6 inches

ISBN

0590494457 / 9780590494458

Lexile

580L

User reviews

LibraryThing member t1bclasslibrary
I remember this as my favorite Goosebumps book, though rereading it wasn't as good as I'd hoped. I think I was mostly really into the fact that the ghost wasn't the mysterious neighbor kid, but rather the main character. I also like that she's suddenly reappeared for a purpose, and I think the book
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really works because things have to go the way they do for her to be in the right position to save him.
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LibraryThing member the_hag
Hannah Farichild is not enjoying her summer vacation as much as she would like¡Kshe didn¡¦t get to go away to camp with her friends this year, even worse than that is they aren¡¦t answering her letters. She can hardly wait for summer to be over and for 8th grade to start so that she can see
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her friends again¡Kbecause they seems to have fallen off the planet, they¡¦ve not written her once the entire summer. One day when she is bored out of her mind she literally runs into Danny Anderson¡Kthat¡¦s strange, she¡¦s never seen him before and yet he says he¡¦s living right next door to her. From there The Ghost Next Door turns into a fast paced ¡§mystery¡¨ as Hannah tries to find out more about Danny, his friends and the mystery behind why he seems to disappear so quickly when she¡¦s trying to follow him. Is he REALLY her new neighbor or is he a ghost?

I figured out the ending to this less than halfway though the book, but it was still interesting to watch Hannah puzzle it all out. The Ghost Next Door is a light, easy read¡Ka easy to solve ¡§mystery¡¨ with the typical twist that all of Stine¡¦s books seem to possess¡Kthings aren¡¦t always what they seem and I rather like that about this series¡Kyou always find yourself wondering what the ¡§surprise twist¡¨ is going to be. Overall, I give The Ghost Next Door three stars, it¡¦s a quick read with likeable characters (mostly) that is pretty easy to figure out.
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LibraryThing member pencillight
Love it!! it is so good there is this kid named Danny, and it turns out he is the ghost. I am stiil reading it and so far i love it!! i hope you like it too!
LibraryThing member odinblindeye
Goosebumps. This is the series that kept me reading through my childhood. More than any other series, Goosebumps kept me interested in reading, and R.L. Stein is a wonderful children's writer. I applaud his efforts, and can't express enough my gratitude for the series.
LibraryThing member Heather19
*spoiler*

I really enjoyed this book. Although I figured out that Hannah was the real ghost very early in the book, I enjoyed the process she went through to realize that, and her figuring out that she needed to help save Danny's life.
LibraryThing member SumisBooks
#10 "There's a strange new kid on the block...."
Hannah's new friend Danny is very peculiar. He falls from the roof and lands on his feet. He disappears Into thin air it seems. And the house he says he lives in is dark and empty. Almost as if a ghost were living there...
LibraryThing member Nakeeya
My favorite in the series! I don't remember a lot of my friends owning this one as a kid and I never understood why.

Also, the film adaptation with Jack Black based a major plot point on this novel (saw it in theatres, so thrilled).

Rating

(100 ratings; 3.4)

Call number

J3G.Sti
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