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Watchers #6
Lab 6
The latest installment in a gripping new series that will appeal to fans of The X-Files has Sam's parents attempting to remove his twin from the inside of Sam's body. Original.
156 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1999
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About the author
Peter Lerangis
151 books794 followersLerangis's work includes The Viper's Nest and The Sword Thief, two titles in the children's-book series The 39 Clues, the historical novel Smiler's Bones, the YA dark comedy-adventure novel wtf, the Drama Club series, the Spy X series, the Watchers series, the Abracadabra series, and the Antarctica two-book adventure, as well ghostwriting for series such as the Three Investigators, the Hardy Boys Casefiles, Sweet Valley Twins, and more than forty books in the series The Baby-sitters Club and its various spin-offs.[1] He has also written novels based on film screenplays, including The Sixth Sense, Sleepy Hollow, and Beauty and the Beast, and five video game novelizations in the Worlds of Power series created by Seth Godin.[2] As a ghostwriter he has been published under the name A. L. Singer.[3]
Lerangis is the son of a retired New York Telephone Company employee and a retired public-elementary-school secretary, who raised him in Freeport, New York on Long Island. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in biochemistry, while acting in musicals[4] and singing with and musically directing the a cappella group the Harvard Krokodiloes,[5][6] before moving to New York. He worked there as an actor[7] and freelance copy editor for eight years before becoming an author.[8]
In 2003, Lerangis was chosen by First Lady Laura Bush to accompany her to the first Russian Book Festival, hosted by Russian First Lady Lyudmila Putina in Moscow.[9][10]Authors R. L. Stine (Goosebumps) and Marc Brown (the Arthur the Aardvark series) also made the trip with Bush.[9]
Also in 2003, Lerangis was commissioned by the United Kingdom branch of Scholastic to write X-Isle, one of four books that would relaunch the Point Horror series there.[11] A sequel, Return to X-Isle, was published in 2004.
In 2007, Scholastic announced the launch of a new historical mystery series called The 39 Clues, intended to become a franchise.[12] Lerangis wrote the third book in the series, The Sword Thief, published in March 2009.[13][14][15] On March 3, 2009, Scholastic announced that Lerangis would write the seventh book in the series, The Viper's Nest.[14][16]
Lerangis lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their sons Nick and Joe.[17]
Lerangis is the son of a retired New York Telephone Company employee and a retired public-elementary-school secretary, who raised him in Freeport, New York on Long Island. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in biochemistry, while acting in musicals[4] and singing with and musically directing the a cappella group the Harvard Krokodiloes,[5][6] before moving to New York. He worked there as an actor[7] and freelance copy editor for eight years before becoming an author.[8]
In 2003, Lerangis was chosen by First Lady Laura Bush to accompany her to the first Russian Book Festival, hosted by Russian First Lady Lyudmila Putina in Moscow.[9][10]Authors R. L. Stine (Goosebumps) and Marc Brown (the Arthur the Aardvark series) also made the trip with Bush.[9]
Also in 2003, Lerangis was commissioned by the United Kingdom branch of Scholastic to write X-Isle, one of four books that would relaunch the Point Horror series there.[11] A sequel, Return to X-Isle, was published in 2004.
In 2007, Scholastic announced the launch of a new historical mystery series called The 39 Clues, intended to become a franchise.[12] Lerangis wrote the third book in the series, The Sword Thief, published in March 2009.[13][14][15] On March 3, 2009, Scholastic announced that Lerangis would write the seventh book in the series, The Viper's Nest.[14][16]
Lerangis lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their sons Nick and Joe.[17]
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March 31, 2018
The series left me with more questions than answers. I’m sad that there are no more.
November 10, 2018
It's An OK Book
When I bought this book, I didn't realize that it was for children
Kids will really like it and be able to relate to it
When I bought this book, I didn't realize that it was for children
Kids will really like it and be able to relate to it
March 29, 2020
I love this entire series. Yet another great book. I particularly loved the way it ended. Although I do wish the experience lasted longer.
April 28, 2020
Horror, confusion. Distant parents work in Lab 6, voice calls for help, Sam's head hurts, Watchers babble. AI? Clone? Twin? Android?
September 17, 2008
WATCHERS LAB6
The book I'm reading is," Watchers lab 6."
Its a great book that has mystery and clues of a ghost trying to talk to Sam. He mysteriously gets terrible head aches; he can hear voices trying to talk to him. Will Sam terrible headache last long ?
The main characters in this story are Sam and Bart. Sam is smart, joyful and he loves
science so he goes to lab 6. Sam immediately changed when he has these mysterious head aches.His new emotions in the story are sad and timid. Bart is very confident to go to lab 6, hes not timmid like Sam. Bart is brave because he can't hear voice trying to talk to him.Sam and Bart are good friends.
This setting takes place in a dark, ghostly
haunted lab and Sam's house. The lab
has no light, and there is creepy crawling spiders
in the wall. in lab six people do
creepy and crazy autopsy experiments to dead people.
if I was there i would puke because of the smell of dead people rotting. Why would Sam and Bart go in this dirty, smelly lab?
The main conflict is Sam's terrible head ache. He would go in the lab to find whos trying talking to him.when Sam and Bart go there at dusk. In the lab thats when it was confusing.the main problem in this story is Sam getting terrible head ache since he was a kid.
My counclusion is, what will happen to Sam's
terrible head ache? Will it kill him? Will parilize him? If it does what will the ending be? read to find the answer of the mysterious, ghostly, haunted Watchers Lab 6.
dictionary
atuopsy: Examining a dead persons body and see how
he/she died
paralize: Can't move / frozen but not in the way
of ice.
The book I'm reading is," Watchers lab 6."
Its a great book that has mystery and clues of a ghost trying to talk to Sam. He mysteriously gets terrible head aches; he can hear voices trying to talk to him. Will Sam terrible headache last long ?
The main characters in this story are Sam and Bart. Sam is smart, joyful and he loves
science so he goes to lab 6. Sam immediately changed when he has these mysterious head aches.His new emotions in the story are sad and timid. Bart is very confident to go to lab 6, hes not timmid like Sam. Bart is brave because he can't hear voice trying to talk to him.Sam and Bart are good friends.
This setting takes place in a dark, ghostly
haunted lab and Sam's house. The lab
has no light, and there is creepy crawling spiders
in the wall. in lab six people do
creepy and crazy autopsy experiments to dead people.
if I was there i would puke because of the smell of dead people rotting. Why would Sam and Bart go in this dirty, smelly lab?
The main conflict is Sam's terrible head ache. He would go in the lab to find whos trying talking to him.when Sam and Bart go there at dusk. In the lab thats when it was confusing.the main problem in this story is Sam getting terrible head ache since he was a kid.
My counclusion is, what will happen to Sam's
terrible head ache? Will it kill him? Will parilize him? If it does what will the ending be? read to find the answer of the mysterious, ghostly, haunted Watchers Lab 6.
dictionary
atuopsy: Examining a dead persons body and see how
he/she died
paralize: Can't move / frozen but not in the way
of ice.
September 12, 2008
The Secrets of Lab 6
Sam is a great guy but someone or something is crying for help and can not make them stop. He tries to find the someone or something. He thinks that someone or something is his twin brother. The setting is in the spooky creepy lab 6 and Sam’s house in were the most thrilling parts happening.
Sam is a kind son to his parent. The characters in this story are Sam, Jaime, Bart, and the parents of Sam. I think that Bart plays a big role in the story because he cases Sam into the Lab. That is when Sam is trying to fine out why his headaches are harder when he is in the lab. So does Jaime plays a big role in the story she is the one that helps Sam to find his twin brother.
The setting is the Lab and Sam’s house. The lab is spooky and creepy. It has spiders in the corner of the rooms. The spiders webs are in the rooms are sticky. The house of Sam is two stores high and it is like the other normal house.
Sam is mysteriously getting headaches. It all stared when Sam was small he use to get headaches all the time when he was in the lab. Then his friend told him if he had a twin brother. Sam found out that it was true so know Sam is trying to fine his twin brother Kevin.
The Watchers, Lab 6, is a trilling book and it is a spectacular book to read. The author made the story very go and how he describes the setting and the charters. The end it is so spectacular and so surprising. If you want to know the spectacular end go read the book and fine out.
Sam is a great guy but someone or something is crying for help and can not make them stop. He tries to find the someone or something. He thinks that someone or something is his twin brother. The setting is in the spooky creepy lab 6 and Sam’s house in were the most thrilling parts happening.
Sam is a kind son to his parent. The characters in this story are Sam, Jaime, Bart, and the parents of Sam. I think that Bart plays a big role in the story because he cases Sam into the Lab. That is when Sam is trying to fine out why his headaches are harder when he is in the lab. So does Jaime plays a big role in the story she is the one that helps Sam to find his twin brother.
The setting is the Lab and Sam’s house. The lab is spooky and creepy. It has spiders in the corner of the rooms. The spiders webs are in the rooms are sticky. The house of Sam is two stores high and it is like the other normal house.
Sam is mysteriously getting headaches. It all stared when Sam was small he use to get headaches all the time when he was in the lab. Then his friend told him if he had a twin brother. Sam found out that it was true so know Sam is trying to fine his twin brother Kevin.
The Watchers, Lab 6, is a trilling book and it is a spectacular book to read. The author made the story very go and how he describes the setting and the charters. The end it is so spectacular and so surprising. If you want to know the spectacular end go read the book and fine out.
September 12, 2008
The book I’m reading is “WATCHERS LAB 6”this amazing book has lots of mysteries and clues. That’s one of the reasons I liked this book.
The characters names are Jamie, Bart, and Sam these characters have crazy and fun adventures together in this book. Sam is a funny smart and joyful person but not for Bart he never thinks of his decisions and always is confident. Bart felt confident when he was in Lab 6. One thing that changed Sam in this book is that he got a mysterious headache.
The setting of this book takes place in a creepy Lab where they do nasty crazy experiments. The scientists in lab 6 open up their bodies and do crazy experiments their and Sam and Bart know that because they have been into lab 6. The mood you can get from this setting is that you can get disgusted or you maybe even puke from this setting..
Sam gets an unfortunate and mysterious headache and it’s so mysterious that SAM could hear voices everywhere from the lab so he just screams. Bart just freaks out then after that Sam’s headache is totally gone. After that he wants to figure out whose voice was that on his head.
Will Sam ever know who the person that was in his head was? Will his headache get worse? Find out in this mind twisting book “WATCHERS LAB 6”.
The characters names are Jamie, Bart, and Sam these characters have crazy and fun adventures together in this book. Sam is a funny smart and joyful person but not for Bart he never thinks of his decisions and always is confident. Bart felt confident when he was in Lab 6. One thing that changed Sam in this book is that he got a mysterious headache.
The setting of this book takes place in a creepy Lab where they do nasty crazy experiments. The scientists in lab 6 open up their bodies and do crazy experiments their and Sam and Bart know that because they have been into lab 6. The mood you can get from this setting is that you can get disgusted or you maybe even puke from this setting..
Sam gets an unfortunate and mysterious headache and it’s so mysterious that SAM could hear voices everywhere from the lab so he just screams. Bart just freaks out then after that Sam’s headache is totally gone. After that he wants to figure out whose voice was that on his head.
Will Sam ever know who the person that was in his head was? Will his headache get worse? Find out in this mind twisting book “WATCHERS LAB 6”.
July 29, 2013
This is an interesting series for tweens that have an early interest in sci-fi or fantasy. Some ideas seemed a little old for tweens but the overall vibe of the book is definitely too young for teens. Each book is separate and written about a different situation (parallel universe, time travel, A.I.) but are all linked as a series. I think the author intended there to be a clearly understood "watchers" point of view with a 'this is the real story behind the stories' but I am not sure what it was. Are we lab rats for another species? Is Earth real? Did I stumble into the Matrix and not realize it? Had the entire Watchers thread been left out of each book, they would have been fun stand-alone reads.
September 6, 2016
The ending of this was so horrifying. Imagine waking up in a robot body and your "vanished" twin that you just discovered has yours. Yes that is the way this book ends. I never imagined his own parents would do that to him!
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December 9, 2011
I thought it was weird but good.
Sam gave Bart a computer disk that would erase the computer stuff.
Bart gives it to the teacher and gets in huge trouble.
Sam finds this weird lab.
What will happen? See yourself.
Sam gave Bart a computer disk that would erase the computer stuff.
Bart gives it to the teacher and gets in huge trouble.
Sam finds this weird lab.
What will happen? See yourself.
June 17, 2015
A disappointing end to the Watcher's series. This story had potential, but fell flat and ended on sad note.
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December 15, 2017"Watchers Lab 6" is a science fiction book that created suspicion. This book has 156 pages which have some tough words. The main character of this book is Sam. He is a really smart person. Sam get dreams about a person named Kevin that he was supposed to know but he forgot. He sometimes sees him in his room. One day while he was running away from a bully he He runs into a abandoned Laboratory. This is where he hears the familiar voice at lab 6. While he find out who Kevin is and what is wrong with his head? His mom and dad are scientist. In this book there is only a good side and Sam and Jamie are the only ones in it. The main character runs into information that is going to change his life. Jamie and Sam are friends and they work together to find a answer to the mystery. This book is very different from the book I have read recently, because of the way the author writes the beginning. This book is meant for the teens. The other book the author rights are the same genre. The readers would enjoy this book, because it's a mystery book and most teens are interested in mystery books. The reason why I like this book was how the main character is trying to find who does he sees visions of Kevin being next to him. The way Sam goes to Lab 6 many times shows ow brave he is and how desperate he is to solve this mystery.
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