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Give Yourself Goosebumps #21
The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island
While vacationing on Tiki Island you discover an undersea cave as well as a rare object on the ocean floor and must decide which to investigate Decisions made by the reader throughout the story determine the ending.
144 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1997
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R.L. Stine
1,680 books18.7k followersRobert 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.
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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.
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July 25, 2025
The book splits basically into obtaining a magical item and experiencing Tiki culture on the land or exploring an underwater cave with treasure and skeletons (and the octopus). I think I found the best endings of each of those, as well as most of the neutral or mixed ones, and a bunch of bad or very bad ones. Some of the bad endings were really pretty horrific, especially for a kids book, but I guess it depends how you read it and how sensitive you are. I was also actually pleasantly surprised at how cultural aspects were handled, considering this is a kids adventure book from the 90s. Using archaeological digs to take artifacts and shipping to a European museum was treated as villainous (and instead freely giving them back to the inhabitants is good), and in one part there was some critique of tourism culture.
I think kids would like this one. The cover is imaginative and fun (great job, Mark Nagata!), and the book has some special tricks: an octopus maze image you have to run correctly, and textual gags, like repeating words or using different-sized fonts sometimes. This is what these kinds of books are for! And I felt the story options delivered well on the premise.
I think kids would like this one. The cover is imaginative and fun (great job, Mark Nagata!), and the book has some special tricks: an octopus maze image you have to run correctly, and textual gags, like repeating words or using different-sized fonts sometimes. This is what these kinds of books are for! And I felt the story options delivered well on the premise.
October 19, 2022
I decided to read this one only once, mostly because the story's theme doesn't interest me nearly as much as Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum, the first book in my attempt to stroll down Memory Lane with Goosebumps. I'm fairly certain I'd never read this one in the past, but I could be wrong and maybe it just wasn't memorable enough to stick with me for a couple decades. (I can barely remember the books I read earlier this year, so that's not impossible.)
Either way, as a bit of a fun exercise and to give y'all an idea of what there is to this book, I decided to provide an a quick walkthrough of 'my' story, as experienced playing this book the first time. Obviously, it contains spoilers - especially with regards to where certain choices lead - so tread carefully if you're planning to experience the story for yourself.
That was... interesting. It was nowhere near as good as the previous book I read and the writing had a lot of flaws in it with regards to plot logistics. You'll see my remarks on the ones I found in the little summary of 'my' story above, if you choose to reveal the spoilers. If not, I'll explain it vaguely as "at several points, it appears that characters have teleported to new locations, and also the timeline of the curse is retconned in at least one of the endings." Very weak writing, and nowhere near as engaging or thrilling as I'd have hoped.
But, I'll have to admit, it's still pretty good for middlegrade horror. It actually does bring a few scary elements to the table - albeit a more campy variety than I had expected. It's also very much a product of its time, originally written in the 1990s... but on the other hand, it was re-released in this edition in the mid 2010s and honestly that should have been a time where the editors knew how iffy the whole "strangers come along and solve all of the island Natives' problems" concept is. At least one of the endings - the one I achieved - has that trope, and it does leave a bit of a negative taste in my mouth.
Not terrible, not great, and not quite middle of the road. It's just... alright, I guess.
Either way, as a bit of a fun exercise and to give y'all an idea of what there is to this book, I decided to provide an a quick walkthrough of 'my' story, as experienced playing this book the first time. Obviously, it contains spoilers - especially with regards to where certain choices lead - so tread carefully if you're planning to experience the story for yourself.
That was... interesting. It was nowhere near as good as the previous book I read and the writing had a lot of flaws in it with regards to plot logistics. You'll see my remarks on the ones I found in the little summary of 'my' story above, if you choose to reveal the spoilers. If not, I'll explain it vaguely as "at several points, it appears that characters have teleported to new locations, and also the timeline of the curse is retconned in at least one of the endings." Very weak writing, and nowhere near as engaging or thrilling as I'd have hoped.
But, I'll have to admit, it's still pretty good for middlegrade horror. It actually does bring a few scary elements to the table - albeit a more campy variety than I had expected. It's also very much a product of its time, originally written in the 1990s... but on the other hand, it was re-released in this edition in the mid 2010s and honestly that should have been a time where the editors knew how iffy the whole "strangers come along and solve all of the island Natives' problems" concept is. At least one of the endings - the one I achieved - has that trope, and it does leave a bit of a negative taste in my mouth.
Not terrible, not great, and not quite middle of the road. It's just... alright, I guess.
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October 26, 2025The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island (Updated)
“Bad Ending”
You and your cousin Gina are on Tiki Island and decide to take a ride to a nearby reef. Kala-the resort owners son and your best friend last year-comes near with a boat but ignores you’re greeting. His face (you notice) looks grim. You call to him again but he doesn’t answer. You ask him what’s up and he says a curse has fallen on Tiki Island and no one is safe. You ignore him and mock him and head off to the reef with Gina. Kala tells you not to make jokes or you’ll regret it.
Kala warns you to make wise choices while your there. The curse of Tiki Island affects the surrounding waters and people have been known to *disappear*. His last words bother you. There are less people on the island and a lot of them have been acting strange. You and Gina go snorkeling and decide to stick together. You see a spear like thing on the oceam floor but see Kala motioning to you. Then you notice a dark fin. It’s a shark and its coming toward you. Should you head toward a cave you see or try to protect yourself with the spear? You head toward the cave (111).
The deeper you get into the cave the harder it is for you breathe. You try to tell Gina to turn around but a wave pushes you further in. You can’t breathe but then you surface. The wave has pushed you into a room with a high ceiling and into a pool of water. There’s a rocky staircase carved into a wall. The current pushes you down into a water fall and you start to fall. The waterfall empties into a lake inside another cave. This one is tremendous! The walls are made of pink crystals. You take one of the crystals and stuff it in your bathing suit. All of a sudden, a ship starts to rise up from the water. There’s treasure on it, but there’s also a skeleton on it.
He leaps off the ship and starts to swim toward you. You and Gina take off swimming away from him. You come to a cave with several tunnels and make it to the nearest one but when you turn around Gina and the skeleton aren’t there. Then I hear Gina scream. Do I go back to the ship or do I continue to look in the tunnels. I decide to go back to the ship (108). You see the skeleton dragging Gina back to the ship. As you swim after her, you notice another ship and want to explore it but Gina first. There are two skeletons guarding the ship.
You see the pirate, skeleton, crew has tied Gina to a chair. Do you try to sneak in and save her or go back for help? You decide to sneak aboard the ship (112), You see some of the skeletons shove Gina into a small closet. They say because she’s seen them they can’t let her escape. Now all they need is the other child and their treasure will be safe. You then hear a voice say they’ve caught the other one. You turn around and come face to face with the Captain-Master Bones- who says your about to join his crew. He shoves you in the closet with Gina. You tell her you’ll untie her. You remember you have a flash light but should you turn it on. You decide you do need the light (68),
Then you see … it’s a fresh skeleton. It still has some of its flesh. A horrible thought occurs to you. Maybe this is Gina and you start to scream. Then you realize it is Gina. She screams and alerts the Captain to you. He says that anyone who spends to long in the glow of the crystal turns into one of them and now you will become one of the crew too.
Another Ending
You decide to use the spear to defend yourself against the shark (40), Only it’s just a painted piece of stone. But its sharp. The shark takes one look at the stone, freezes, and takes off in the other direction. You turn the piece of stone over in your hand. It’s a small triangle. One side is plain white. On the other side, a painted eye stares at you. Its deep, black pupil is surrounded by a purple ring, As you hold it, it grows warm in your hand. As you get closer to Gina it grows hotter.
Kala picks you and Gina up in the boat. He gasps when he sees the stone your holding and says NO! They ask Kala what it is and he says “just some ocean junk” but you know he’s lying. He keeps looking at the stone nervously tho. When he drops you off, he says he thinks you’ve found something very important. He tells you to go to the village and find Hooahtoo. He warns not to tell anyone and don’t trust anyone.
You see a sign for an archeologist Dr. Oliver Oates. Should you go to him or Hooahtoo? You decide to see Oates (10). You find Oates at the archaeological site. He doesn’t look like he’s in a good mood. Do you go see Hooahtoo instead? Explore the camp on your own? Or stick to your plan? You decide to stick to your plan (52). You start to explain to him what it did to the shark but he stops you, rushes to his tent, and shows you a book. There’s a page showing a giant Tiki masks. He holds the picture up to the stone. The piece matches the right eye of the mask.
He's very excited to discover this is the Tiki Eye that’s been missing. He explains to them that the Eye is the whole reason they’ve been digging. They need to restore the mask to its complete form. Gina and you want to know what’s so special about the mask and why its so important to put it back together. He says telling you wouldn’t matter. Dr. Oates offers to buy the stone from you for 100.00 a piece? Do you take the money or turn it down? He flings the money at you, takes the stone, and tells you to get out there. You start to leave, turn around, and see Dr. Oates wearing the mask. His workers start to crumble to the ground (terrified).
Then dozens of figures with Tiki Masks creep out of the shadows. Dr. Oates raises both arms in the air and chants a terrifying rhyme: “The one in the mask. With Tiki Eyes. Gets to decide. Who lives and who dies.” Gina says you should get out of there. You think you should stay and try to bring him down. You decide to stay and try to stop him (114). You decide to try to get the mask off Oates and you and Gina take two of the Tiki masks and put them on.
While Dr. Oates brags about all his power you and Gina creep over to his tent. You stretch a vine across the entrance to Oates tent like a rope. Then you and Gina position yourselves on either side of the entrance. You trip him, the mask flies off. You and Gina hold him down. There’s someone in a trunk. It’s Dr. Oates. You find out the guy you thought was Oates was Kala. Oates says as soon as he set the eye into the mask, Kala shoved him into the trunk. He must have dressed in clothes like his and covered his face with the mask.
Kala says he saw the mask in a dream and a voice told him he had a mission. It said to find the eye and save the island. It was the voices of the Tiki warrior spirits. He picks up the shattered mask and turns it toward you, Gina, and Dr. Oates. You pick up a mirror. You hold it out in front of you. Lightning flashes in the sky outside the tent. In a single strike, it bursts through the tent. It hits your mirror, then ricochets off. It knocks Kala to the ground. Before your eyes, he shrivels and turns to dust.
All that is left is the sacred Tiki Eye. Should you grab it? No. Better not. Let someone else find out what mysteries lie in the Tiki Eye!
“Good Ending”
The shark takes off after seeing the stone (40). Kala picks you and Gina up in the boat. He gasps when he sees the stone your holding and says NO! They ask Kala what it is and he says “just some ocean junk” but you know he’s lying. He keeps looking at the stone nervously tho. When he drops you off, he says he thinks you’ve found something very important. He tells you to go to the village and find Hooahtoo. He warns not to tell anyone and don’t trust anyone.
You see a sign for an archeologist Dr. Oliver Oates. Should you go to him or Hooahtoo. You decide to go see Hooahtoo (81). You find your way to his shack. To have such a big voice, this man is tiny. He’s also blind. He tells you to see him what you’ve brought. His medallion has an eye just like the one on the stone. He can somehow sense the stone on you. He shrieks “The curse is on you.” He says if you go, the curse goes with you. If you stay the curse shall be broken. Should you grab the stone and race for the door or should you leave the stone behind and run? You decide to grab the stone and run (91).
When you pick it up it burns the eye into your hand. The Dr says you can’t take it and you can’t leave it. You have found a piece of the sacred Tiki mask stolen from the sacred Tiki altar. The eye must be replaced. Then and only then will the curse be lifted from Tiki Island. The mask can be found in the land of fire (The Land of Tiki Magic). You try to get him to take the stone, but he says you have to be the one to replace it.
He says you must climb the highest mountain on Tiki Island. You must pass through the wall of Tiki warriors. Only then will you lift the curse from Tiki Island. But the highest mountain is Kenalua-it’s a volcano-. And it’s ACTIVE! He advises you do not trust face or form, hands you a box, and tells you as long as you have the Eye you are in danger. Outside you hear a tour guide talking about the volcano. Do you stop and listen or continue on with your mission? You decide you have time to stop and listen (77).
Scientist predict that the volcano erupts every 40 years. But the growling in Kenalua’s belly has been felt recently. Scientists are watching her very closely. There’s a loud mouth that heads up to the path of the volcano. Should you follow him or what to see what the tour guide does? You follow the loud mouth (109). Gina begs you to just throw the stone away. Do you throw the stone away or just pretend to?
You decide to pretend to throw it away (24). You feel bad and start to confess to you but she’s head of you. Then you round a curve and she’s vanished. Do you teach Gina a lesson or do a thorough search for her? You decide to teach her a lesson (!29). You decide to hide behind a rock and jump out when she walks by. But the rock starts to move and you fall down into a hole. When you land you hear drums and are on a ledge that overlooks a cavern. There’s a throne surrounded by warrors. Gina is on the floor next to you. You aren’t sure where you are but you see chests leading to the throne. You see Hooahtoo and he addresses the crowd.
He tells them when the Tiki Eye has been returned to the sacred Tiki Mask, he will be the supreme ruller of the island. All the power of the island spirits shall belong to him. Those who are with him shall live. Those who are against him shall be sealed in his underground prison forever. He did tell you not to trust anyone. You just didn’t think that included him. He holds up a mask. It’s missing one eye. There’s an explosion and a wall opens that reveals people you know that are being held hostage as prisoners. Kala is one of them.
He detects your there and commands you and Gina be brought to him. You throw a rock at him (15). He shields himself with the mask, but it hits the controls of the prison bars. The freed islanders herd the Tiki warriors into the prison. The steel bars crash down. Next, Kala’s army surrounds Hooahtoo. They hoist him high into the air. Kala grabs a Tiki spear and pins him to the cave wall. Yous see the Tiger’s Eye and toss it to Kala. He puts the stone in the mask. The spirit warriors disappear. The curse is lifted Kala has one last joke with you and says the Tiki warriors are back. When you turn around he says “GOTCHA!”
Rating: 5 The premise of this one about finding a stone to complete a mask to end a curse wasn’t really *the* best of the plots in the GYGB series. But I *did* like the “bad ending”. There were some really good imagery in this ending-and in the story- (the cave with the pink crystals, the pirate ship raising out of the floor, the underground waterfalls). And there was some good action. I originally gave the “bad ending” a 7 But I had a slightly different end then the one I wrote in this review. It had to do something about going up a tree or going through a tunnel. I get lost and get swallowed by a sea monster.
“Bad Ending”
You and your cousin Gina are on Tiki Island and decide to take a ride to a nearby reef. Kala-the resort owners son and your best friend last year-comes near with a boat but ignores you’re greeting. His face (you notice) looks grim. You call to him again but he doesn’t answer. You ask him what’s up and he says a curse has fallen on Tiki Island and no one is safe. You ignore him and mock him and head off to the reef with Gina. Kala tells you not to make jokes or you’ll regret it.
Kala warns you to make wise choices while your there. The curse of Tiki Island affects the surrounding waters and people have been known to *disappear*. His last words bother you. There are less people on the island and a lot of them have been acting strange. You and Gina go snorkeling and decide to stick together. You see a spear like thing on the oceam floor but see Kala motioning to you. Then you notice a dark fin. It’s a shark and its coming toward you. Should you head toward a cave you see or try to protect yourself with the spear? You head toward the cave (111).
The deeper you get into the cave the harder it is for you breathe. You try to tell Gina to turn around but a wave pushes you further in. You can’t breathe but then you surface. The wave has pushed you into a room with a high ceiling and into a pool of water. There’s a rocky staircase carved into a wall. The current pushes you down into a water fall and you start to fall. The waterfall empties into a lake inside another cave. This one is tremendous! The walls are made of pink crystals. You take one of the crystals and stuff it in your bathing suit. All of a sudden, a ship starts to rise up from the water. There’s treasure on it, but there’s also a skeleton on it.
He leaps off the ship and starts to swim toward you. You and Gina take off swimming away from him. You come to a cave with several tunnels and make it to the nearest one but when you turn around Gina and the skeleton aren’t there. Then I hear Gina scream. Do I go back to the ship or do I continue to look in the tunnels. I decide to go back to the ship (108). You see the skeleton dragging Gina back to the ship. As you swim after her, you notice another ship and want to explore it but Gina first. There are two skeletons guarding the ship.
You see the pirate, skeleton, crew has tied Gina to a chair. Do you try to sneak in and save her or go back for help? You decide to sneak aboard the ship (112), You see some of the skeletons shove Gina into a small closet. They say because she’s seen them they can’t let her escape. Now all they need is the other child and their treasure will be safe. You then hear a voice say they’ve caught the other one. You turn around and come face to face with the Captain-Master Bones- who says your about to join his crew. He shoves you in the closet with Gina. You tell her you’ll untie her. You remember you have a flash light but should you turn it on. You decide you do need the light (68),
Then you see … it’s a fresh skeleton. It still has some of its flesh. A horrible thought occurs to you. Maybe this is Gina and you start to scream. Then you realize it is Gina. She screams and alerts the Captain to you. He says that anyone who spends to long in the glow of the crystal turns into one of them and now you will become one of the crew too.
Another Ending
You decide to use the spear to defend yourself against the shark (40), Only it’s just a painted piece of stone. But its sharp. The shark takes one look at the stone, freezes, and takes off in the other direction. You turn the piece of stone over in your hand. It’s a small triangle. One side is plain white. On the other side, a painted eye stares at you. Its deep, black pupil is surrounded by a purple ring, As you hold it, it grows warm in your hand. As you get closer to Gina it grows hotter.
Kala picks you and Gina up in the boat. He gasps when he sees the stone your holding and says NO! They ask Kala what it is and he says “just some ocean junk” but you know he’s lying. He keeps looking at the stone nervously tho. When he drops you off, he says he thinks you’ve found something very important. He tells you to go to the village and find Hooahtoo. He warns not to tell anyone and don’t trust anyone.
You see a sign for an archeologist Dr. Oliver Oates. Should you go to him or Hooahtoo? You decide to see Oates (10). You find Oates at the archaeological site. He doesn’t look like he’s in a good mood. Do you go see Hooahtoo instead? Explore the camp on your own? Or stick to your plan? You decide to stick to your plan (52). You start to explain to him what it did to the shark but he stops you, rushes to his tent, and shows you a book. There’s a page showing a giant Tiki masks. He holds the picture up to the stone. The piece matches the right eye of the mask.
He's very excited to discover this is the Tiki Eye that’s been missing. He explains to them that the Eye is the whole reason they’ve been digging. They need to restore the mask to its complete form. Gina and you want to know what’s so special about the mask and why its so important to put it back together. He says telling you wouldn’t matter. Dr. Oates offers to buy the stone from you for 100.00 a piece? Do you take the money or turn it down? He flings the money at you, takes the stone, and tells you to get out there. You start to leave, turn around, and see Dr. Oates wearing the mask. His workers start to crumble to the ground (terrified).
Then dozens of figures with Tiki Masks creep out of the shadows. Dr. Oates raises both arms in the air and chants a terrifying rhyme: “The one in the mask. With Tiki Eyes. Gets to decide. Who lives and who dies.” Gina says you should get out of there. You think you should stay and try to bring him down. You decide to stay and try to stop him (114). You decide to try to get the mask off Oates and you and Gina take two of the Tiki masks and put them on.
While Dr. Oates brags about all his power you and Gina creep over to his tent. You stretch a vine across the entrance to Oates tent like a rope. Then you and Gina position yourselves on either side of the entrance. You trip him, the mask flies off. You and Gina hold him down. There’s someone in a trunk. It’s Dr. Oates. You find out the guy you thought was Oates was Kala. Oates says as soon as he set the eye into the mask, Kala shoved him into the trunk. He must have dressed in clothes like his and covered his face with the mask.
Kala says he saw the mask in a dream and a voice told him he had a mission. It said to find the eye and save the island. It was the voices of the Tiki warrior spirits. He picks up the shattered mask and turns it toward you, Gina, and Dr. Oates. You pick up a mirror. You hold it out in front of you. Lightning flashes in the sky outside the tent. In a single strike, it bursts through the tent. It hits your mirror, then ricochets off. It knocks Kala to the ground. Before your eyes, he shrivels and turns to dust.
All that is left is the sacred Tiki Eye. Should you grab it? No. Better not. Let someone else find out what mysteries lie in the Tiki Eye!
“Good Ending”
The shark takes off after seeing the stone (40). Kala picks you and Gina up in the boat. He gasps when he sees the stone your holding and says NO! They ask Kala what it is and he says “just some ocean junk” but you know he’s lying. He keeps looking at the stone nervously tho. When he drops you off, he says he thinks you’ve found something very important. He tells you to go to the village and find Hooahtoo. He warns not to tell anyone and don’t trust anyone.
You see a sign for an archeologist Dr. Oliver Oates. Should you go to him or Hooahtoo. You decide to go see Hooahtoo (81). You find your way to his shack. To have such a big voice, this man is tiny. He’s also blind. He tells you to see him what you’ve brought. His medallion has an eye just like the one on the stone. He can somehow sense the stone on you. He shrieks “The curse is on you.” He says if you go, the curse goes with you. If you stay the curse shall be broken. Should you grab the stone and race for the door or should you leave the stone behind and run? You decide to grab the stone and run (91).
When you pick it up it burns the eye into your hand. The Dr says you can’t take it and you can’t leave it. You have found a piece of the sacred Tiki mask stolen from the sacred Tiki altar. The eye must be replaced. Then and only then will the curse be lifted from Tiki Island. The mask can be found in the land of fire (The Land of Tiki Magic). You try to get him to take the stone, but he says you have to be the one to replace it.
He says you must climb the highest mountain on Tiki Island. You must pass through the wall of Tiki warriors. Only then will you lift the curse from Tiki Island. But the highest mountain is Kenalua-it’s a volcano-. And it’s ACTIVE! He advises you do not trust face or form, hands you a box, and tells you as long as you have the Eye you are in danger. Outside you hear a tour guide talking about the volcano. Do you stop and listen or continue on with your mission? You decide you have time to stop and listen (77).
Scientist predict that the volcano erupts every 40 years. But the growling in Kenalua’s belly has been felt recently. Scientists are watching her very closely. There’s a loud mouth that heads up to the path of the volcano. Should you follow him or what to see what the tour guide does? You follow the loud mouth (109). Gina begs you to just throw the stone away. Do you throw the stone away or just pretend to?
You decide to pretend to throw it away (24). You feel bad and start to confess to you but she’s head of you. Then you round a curve and she’s vanished. Do you teach Gina a lesson or do a thorough search for her? You decide to teach her a lesson (!29). You decide to hide behind a rock and jump out when she walks by. But the rock starts to move and you fall down into a hole. When you land you hear drums and are on a ledge that overlooks a cavern. There’s a throne surrounded by warrors. Gina is on the floor next to you. You aren’t sure where you are but you see chests leading to the throne. You see Hooahtoo and he addresses the crowd.
He tells them when the Tiki Eye has been returned to the sacred Tiki Mask, he will be the supreme ruller of the island. All the power of the island spirits shall belong to him. Those who are with him shall live. Those who are against him shall be sealed in his underground prison forever. He did tell you not to trust anyone. You just didn’t think that included him. He holds up a mask. It’s missing one eye. There’s an explosion and a wall opens that reveals people you know that are being held hostage as prisoners. Kala is one of them.
He detects your there and commands you and Gina be brought to him. You throw a rock at him (15). He shields himself with the mask, but it hits the controls of the prison bars. The freed islanders herd the Tiki warriors into the prison. The steel bars crash down. Next, Kala’s army surrounds Hooahtoo. They hoist him high into the air. Kala grabs a Tiki spear and pins him to the cave wall. Yous see the Tiger’s Eye and toss it to Kala. He puts the stone in the mask. The spirit warriors disappear. The curse is lifted Kala has one last joke with you and says the Tiki warriors are back. When you turn around he says “GOTCHA!”
Rating: 5 The premise of this one about finding a stone to complete a mask to end a curse wasn’t really *the* best of the plots in the GYGB series. But I *did* like the “bad ending”. There were some really good imagery in this ending-and in the story- (the cave with the pink crystals, the pirate ship raising out of the floor, the underground waterfalls). And there was some good action. I originally gave the “bad ending” a 7 But I had a slightly different end then the one I wrote in this review. It had to do something about going up a tree or going through a tunnel. I get lost and get swallowed by a sea monster.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 17, 2018
4 stars. I don't remember reading Goosebumps as a kid, so I thought I would play a little bit of catch up. I never realised they were "choose your own adventure" books! What Fun!
In my adventure I:
- found a cursed stone
- evaded a shark attack
- tamed a giant lizard with my cursed stone and rode it to the top of a volcano.
- threw the stone into the volcano and broke the curse.
- smooshed my lizard steed like a jolly idiot when I attempted to ride it after the curse broke and it had returned to normal size 🤬
I quite loved the wildcard pages that tell you to flip a coin or something to decide which page to go to next.
Excited for my next Goosebumps adventure 👣👁👽👾👻
In my adventure I:
- found a cursed stone
- evaded a shark attack
- tamed a giant lizard with my cursed stone and rode it to the top of a volcano.
- threw the stone into the volcano and broke the curse.
- smooshed my lizard steed like a jolly idiot when I attempted to ride it after the curse broke and it had returned to normal size 🤬
I quite loved the wildcard pages that tell you to flip a coin or something to decide which page to go to next.
Excited for my next Goosebumps adventure 👣👁👽👾👻
September 23, 2025
I tend to enjoy the sea themed goosebumps quite a bit. I love sea horror in general though. I definitely fall in the minority here because many hate the sea related ones but not me.
The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island follows you and your cousin going snorkeling. You are given a choice when a shark approaches you to either go into the cave to hide or stab it with your harpoon. I chose to go to the cave because duh. Plus I wanted to know what was in the cave. I found myself on one heck of a ride or swim I should say. This was a fun one!
The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island follows you and your cousin going snorkeling. You are given a choice when a shark approaches you to either go into the cave to hide or stab it with your harpoon. I chose to go to the cave because duh. Plus I wanted to know what was in the cave. I found myself on one heck of a ride or swim I should say. This was a fun one!
May 12, 2019
This one wasnt that great one of the weaker ones honestly one of the plots reminded me alot of the fire temple from zelda (lizards eating you volcano theme) but other then that nothing special bookwise
December 1, 2023
8/10. Really great story, especially the plot wheee you go into the underwater cave. Mediocre endings here or there and a really meh side story at one point. Still really great one.
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May 15, 2024
Read this on a plane twice - first I was eaten by a sea monster, and then I fell into an active volcano. Oops.
March 29, 2025
Likar konseptet med at ein er med på å forme forteljinga sjølv. Lest med 3. og 4. klasse.
August 15, 2025
Not a favorite of mine, but it was still an okay read.
January 28, 2009
THis book is about some kids who bought a book from a magic store. When they start reading the book, weird stuff came out of it. They read a page from the book and a big alien took them to his island. The kids try to get home form the island.
I can make a text to text connection. I can connect this book to The Island. I connected this book to The Island because there was kids who had to go to prison but they landed on a island. they got trapped in the island just like the two kids in The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island.
I give this book four stars. It was interesting when the big monster too them to the island. I would recommend this book to my brother because he likes books about island. I would also recommend this book to people who like to read about monsters.
I can make a text to text connection. I can connect this book to The Island. I connected this book to The Island because there was kids who had to go to prison but they landed on a island. they got trapped in the island just like the two kids in The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island.
I give this book four stars. It was interesting when the big monster too them to the island. I would recommend this book to my brother because he likes books about island. I would also recommend this book to people who like to read about monsters.
August 6, 2014
As far as this series is concerned, this book is outstanding. Similar to the earlier entry, Deep in the Jungle of Doom - which was also stellar - this book was just pure fun. I read it awhile back on a Saturday morning in one sitting without getting out of bed! I also recall this being one of the very few GYG books that was in our public library, so I definitely read this one as a kid. The story mostly concerns your misadventures regarding a strange artifact called the Tiki Eye. The setting is on a tropical island, so there's plenty instances of snorkeling, island men, sharks, a volcano, pirate skeletons, and an unpredictable doctor. A fun adventure that's recommended for sure! One of the best of the series IMO.
October 7, 2018
I first read this book as a pre-teen and I remember liking it so much.
Fast forward to 2018, and lo and behold, I still enjoyed reading it! Reading this felt like a meeting with old friends. I was surprised at how the characters and some endings remained familiar with me even though it's been years since I last read it.
This type of book is best read in paperback because you tend to mark pages where you're required to make choices. However, I reread this using my Kindle and for that one, I maximized my Kindle's bookmark feature.
Anyway, this book (and the others in the series) has little to no character development. Its main purpose is to interact with the readers and to simply entertain.
Fast forward to 2018, and lo and behold, I still enjoyed reading it! Reading this felt like a meeting with old friends. I was surprised at how the characters and some endings remained familiar with me even though it's been years since I last read it.
This type of book is best read in paperback because you tend to mark pages where you're required to make choices. However, I reread this using my Kindle and for that one, I maximized my Kindle's bookmark feature.
Anyway, this book (and the others in the series) has little to no character development. Its main purpose is to interact with the readers and to simply entertain.
July 26, 2016
R.L. Stine's The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island was enjoyable, if a bit too short. You're visiting an island, and you and one of your friends (or is it sister?) embarks upon a little underwater adventure you hadn't expected. Won't say much else because there's not much to say. Fun little book to travel with and read from.
April 4, 2011
I think its great
November 26, 2013
Uno de mis libros favoritos de terror-infantil escrito en inglés. Este fue el primer libro que leí de Stine y realmente me gusto. Una historia que me parece que le puede gustar a cualquier niño!
September 21, 2015
I thought that some of the endings were pretty funny. For example: when tiki warriors are chasing you, the obvious thing to do is hide. Oh no! You're in the belly of a Lava Lizard! The End.
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