Goosebumps The Haunted Mask, Stay Out of the Basement, Special Edition #2

by R.L. Stine

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.

R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.

Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.

http://us.macmillan.com/itsthefirstda...

Reviews

[Stacey Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Carly Beth is constantly teased for being afraid, especially by Steve and Chuck. This Halloween she's going to change that...she's going to be the one scaring them. She plans to get the scariest mask possible to wear trick-or-treating. Her mother has a duck costume for her but Carly Beth will not be a duck this year. She goes looking for a mask but the new party store is closed....oh no. But she sees someone inside and gets the man to let her in ....but none of the masks are scary enough. When the man is busy she goes into the back room and finds the most horrible masks ever....she has to have one of these....they're perfect. But the man doesn't want to sell any of them. Carly beth has to plead an beg for the mask...finally the man gives in and Carly Beth is sure she's going to frighten the boys that night. She's thrilled at the prospect of scaring them and getting back at them for all the times they teased her. But when she's wearing the mask things start to happen to her...her voice is even different....what is happening? What is it about the mask that has Carly Beth not acting like herself?

[Connor Francois · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was amazing