R.L. Stine
Paperback | Pages: 144 pages Rating: 3.69 | 8736 Users | 345 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (Goosebumps #20) |
| Author | : | R.L. Stine |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 144 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2003 by Scholastic (first published May 1994) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Childrens. Fiction. Young Adult |
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This book was actually scary!Jodie and her brother Mark spend every summer on their grandparents' farm. But this summer, things are different. Instead of just one scarecrow in the fields, there are over a dozen. Stanley, the hired hand (who around here would be called one can short of a six-pack), has been avidly struggling through a superstition book and sees signs of good luck and bad luck everywhere. Not only do the kids' grandparents look older and more defeated, but they've been acting weird. Grandpa refuses to tell scary stories anymore. Grandma claims she's forgotten how to make her famous, delicious chocolate-chip pancakes. They're baking cherry pie instead of apple pie - even though Grandpa's allergic to cherries!
What's going on?
Jodie looks out the window one night and sees the scarecrows twitch. "It's just the wind," she thinks, until she realizes that they're all twitching in unison, shuddering as they pull themselves off of their stakes and start marching towards the house...
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Wow. This book was creepy. It was a horror-mystery! I always enjoy Stine's Goosebumps books more when he goes to a fun, different location. The farm was perfect for this! Running in terror through the corn fields, being isolated, having things like barns and horses that can play into the horror - it was a perfect set up!
Also, Stine tackles something a bit more serious in creating Stanley, the hired hand who is mentally slow. (view spoiler)[ He is also the bad guy. He used the superstition book to raise a scarecrow army. He told the grandparents that he would put the army to sleep - if they obeyed his every command! Bwahahahahahaha! That's why they are so careful not to make him upset or angry. They bake only his favorite foods and desserts, Grandpa stopped telling scary stories, and Grandma stopped baking chocolate-chip pancakes. But, Stanley either doesn't understand the book or is doing the spell wrong because although he THINKS he put the scarecrows to sleep - they're still alive! And walking! The scarecrows walk at midnight! (hide spoiler)] There's also mentioned (although not explored) the fact that Stanley has a son named Sticks and how difficult it can be to have a parent who is more like a child than you are.
Although this book is good, and one of the more enjoyable Goosebumps, it doesn't escape from the regular Goosebumps stupidity. (view spoiler)[ It's obvious to me that the book should be wrenched away from Stanley and burned. Especially after the climax! They still allowed him to have that thing and be reading it!?!!?? Stupid. (hide spoiler)]
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| Original Title: | The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight |
| ISBN: | 0439568439 (ISBN13: 9780439568432) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Goosebumps #20, Classic Goosebumps #16, صرخة الرعب #30, צמרמורת #17 , more |
Rating Regarding Books The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (Goosebumps #20)
Ratings: 3.69 From 8736 Users | 345 ReviewsColumn Regarding Books The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (Goosebumps #20)
Great fun! A simple spooky story with a few twists and turns. just what you'd expect from goosebumps. This Halloween season I'm planning to revisit a few of these books as I haven't read any since I was a kid.This was the second book I read from the collection of Nightmares stories. Although I read it some years I still remember this collection of youth horror books with great affection, I think that Hollywood had made a movie too! ;) The history of The Midnight Scarecrow walk is definitely one of the best (though my favorite is still A Day in Horrorland). It's a book I recommend to all young people who like scary stories, especially for those who want to start.Spanish version:Éste fue el segundo
I've seen the show of this one so knew the story. Not as creepy and well-written as other Goosebumps but creepy enough. Especially reading about the kid dressing up as a scarecrow with all that straw rubbing against his skin. Major itch!
Ahhh, the Goosebump days. I would borrow so many of these from the library they seriously considered extending my limit of books checked out at one time. R.L. Stine you were a reprieve from a harsh and dreary childhood in which my mind wandered far away from the troubles of the day. I stole books into my bed and read far into the night by the faintest of lights. I might have better eyesight were it not for you; however, I regret not one page or line.
I think it is grate because R.L stine gets me scard with adventur and it is very clever so readers like reading his books.
It only needs enchanting words spoken aloud from a superstitious book to make them alive...Jodie and Mark spend their summer holiday on a farmland of their grandparents. However, this summer everything seems different. Stanley, a worker on the farmland, keeps telling them a joke about him making the scarecrows alive at midnight. But it should be a joke, right? Or a kind of terrible joke his son does to scare them the town folk, right? Or else...Well, I guess if they could really make scarecrows
The best Goosebumps stories are made from what makes the best stories in general: emotional conflict between characters. The problem with Scarecrow is that the protagonist is confronted with nothing more than vague pseudo-threats, which she always takes seriously. Not until the end do we see any external force deserving of the main character's reaction, but by then three-fourths of the book has been frittered.I've noticed this structure in a few other Stine books that miss the mark. Attempting
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