Goosebumps+Series


 * Summary/Review:** //Deep Trouble// is a story about a boy named Billy and his sister, Sheena who both go to visit their Uncle, Dr. Deep on an island. They are told to stay away from the coral reefs, but Billy just cannot help himself. He decides to venture and finds out that there are big, scary things in the water. Things he never imagined. What was this mysterious creature. It appeared to be half human, half fish. or was it? This book highlights consequences for not following the rules, the importance of family, and how our imagination can get the best of us sometimes. Billy ends up getting rescued from a shark by his uncle and sister. That's what families are for.

//Return of the Mummy// is a sequel to //The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb//. Once again Gabe and his sister find themselves in Egypt with their uncle. In this adventure Gabe learns of an ancient chant used to bring mummies back to life with the help of a penant containing an insect inside the stone. Gabe's uncle does not believe in this superstition. While exploring Gabe falls into a hole that lands him in an ancient underground burial room. Here he decides to try out this chant and to his suprise he hears movement coming from inside one of the tombs. Did he do it? Did the chant actually work? This story touches on our societies views of superstitions, family togetherness, a child's need to explore his surroundings, and it also has an accurate geographical element as it takes place in Egypt. Gabe ends up learning that his uncle is making a film about mummies and so the mummy he thought had come back to life was not actually dead to start with. His uncle and sister had also been searching for him after his disappearance into the hole, which was also a prop. The idea of how our imaginations can create situations making them seem so real is again present in this book.

Author Bio: R.L. Stine (Bob to his family) was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1943. He grew up in Bexly, Ohio. He has one brother and one sister. He began typing stories and jokes when he was 9 on an old typewriter he found in the attic. Bob traveled to New York City to follow his dream of being a writer after graduation in 1965 from Ohio State University. He is the creator of //Bananas//, a funny magazine that he wrote under the alias Jovial Bob Stine for ten years. In 1969, he married Jane Waldhorn, who worked on children's books with Bob as an editor and writer before creating their own publishing company, Parachute Press, where all R.L. Stine's series are created. Bob began writing scary novels in 1986, his Fear Street series took off in 1989 producing nearly 100 books. In 1992, Goosebumps was born making R. L. Stine a world-wide known author. To date he is still adding to this collection. So far this series has 32 different language translations. Goosebumps soon became a TV series holding the #1 spot in kid's shows in the U.S. for 3 consecutive years. R. L. Stine also dappled in short story creations as well as vampire novels for teens and an array of other books including Rotten School, which is a short series. Bob and his wife currently reside in New York.

Other children's books: Blind Date, Fear Street, The Nightmare Room (series), Rotten School (short series)

Historical Content: R.L. Stine began writing when he was 9, enjoyed writing jokes, created a humorous magazine called Bananas, worked for Scholastic early in his writing career. A total of 62 Goosebumps books have been published between 1992 and 1997.

Awards: Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards, Disney Adventures Kid's Choice Awards, chosen by kids as one of their favorite authors in the National Education Association read Across America, New York Times best seller list for children, Publisher's Weekly best selling children's books list, named best selling children's book series author of all times by the Guinness Book of World Records, won Thriller Writers of American Silver Bullet Award in 2007

Major Themes: Mystery, adventure, teamwork, friendship, family, truth, real verses imagination

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