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Ghosts of Fear Street #5
Das unheimliche Baumhaus
Dylan and Steve find a great tree house in the Fear Street woods and decide to spend the night there.
125 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1996
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R.L. Stine
1,739 books19k 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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October 30, 2023
Stay Away from the Tree House is the best book I've read so far in the Ghosts of Fear Street series, which has been otherwise largely terrible so far. In this one, two brothers stumble upon a charred, dilapidated tree house in the woods behind their home. They meet two mysterious girls there, who tell them a boy died in the tree house years ago when it was hit by lightning and burned, and that the boy haunts the tree house. They warn the two brothers to stay away from this tree house and not to try to rebuild it, or something bad will happen to them, just like the last boy who stumbled upon it, tried to rebuild it, and disappeared without a trace. Will the two brothers encounter the same fate? Can they confront the ghost and end its reign of terror once and for all?
I enjoyed this one. It was well written, had a good story, and the relationship between the two brothers was a lot more developed and authentic-feeling than you see in most of these books. If you like "ghost hunting" TV shows or stories where a couple kids go out and spend the night in the woods and try to see a ghost, you'd probably love this book. Some things near the end were a bit nonsensical from a logic point of view, and there were a lot of lame "fake out" scares in this one, but otherwise it's pretty good, and if you're looking for a decent read from this series, this is one I'd recommend checking out.
3.5 stars
I enjoyed this one. It was well written, had a good story, and the relationship between the two brothers was a lot more developed and authentic-feeling than you see in most of these books. If you like "ghost hunting" TV shows or stories where a couple kids go out and spend the night in the woods and try to see a ghost, you'd probably love this book. Some things near the end were a bit nonsensical from a logic point of view, and there were a lot of lame "fake out" scares in this one, but otherwise it's pretty good, and if you're looking for a decent read from this series, this is one I'd recommend checking out.
3.5 stars
March 5, 2024
2.5⭐
Pretty good first half. I like the idea of a haunted tree house. (Has it been done before??)
Unfortunately the potential there wasn't really utilized the best. There's some creepy moments that are later explained away as pranks, and once the real ghosts do come into the story, it turns into a stereotypical hallmark ghost story with the main characters helping the spirits to "cross over", and there's no real threat. And there's an extra little twist ending thrown in that just felt lazy and pointless. Was aiming for 3 stars or above but the last few chapters were weak.
Pretty good first half. I like the idea of a haunted tree house. (Has it been done before??)
Unfortunately the potential there wasn't really utilized the best. There's some creepy moments that are later explained away as pranks, and once the real ghosts do come into the story, it turns into a stereotypical hallmark ghost story with the main characters helping the spirits to "cross over", and there's no real threat. And there's an extra little twist ending thrown in that just felt lazy and pointless. Was aiming for 3 stars or above but the last few chapters were weak.
February 17, 2024
Well I have to say This was an interesting couple of days 😂😂. Started reading and was disappointed because nothing happened for a solid 70 pages. Aside from the odd fake-out that stine loves to do 😅. It was constant going back and forth to the tree house with nothing actually happening and I was getting quite bored and the story was beginning to get forgettable. Luckily the last 30 pages saved this! I loved the actual ghost that was in this book and the twist ending (even if I saw it coming). Quite an emotional ending. First 70 pages let it down which is unfortunate. Still a fun read. 3.5/5
April 17, 2024
The better Ghosts of Fear Street books shows very good and I might also say has a better style than R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books and this one shows that, however the plot is more of a letdown.
The premise and setting is kinda basic for being a ghost story, this is less of a horror story and for it's own merit it's not bad. I am not just a fan of the story to begin with and I thought some aspects could have done better.
Characters in this one could have been more consistent, the brother relationships of Steve and Dylan are not coherent.
Sometimes, they bully one another but sometimes, they're going along with each other's favors because they're both kind of pathetic in their own regard but for the benefit of the doubt, they're just kids so I don't know what to judge.
The story is uneventful for the most part and it's very repetitive and mostly fake out scares.
It mostly can be enjoyed as a cozy innocent middle-grade story than what I expect for a Goosebumps book and sometimes they are fine (like How I Learned To Fly which is a good Goosebumps but not so Goosebumps book).
But with a title like “Stay Away From The Treehouse” I expected more of the ghosts hauntings here than what they are showed from their brief apperances, It doesn't help the fact that this is probably short for it's usual count with 101 pages than a 120 page story.
About the ending though, which didn't exactly bugged me or will take points down but I didn't get what it's about, it's kinda random and didn't connect with the theme of the story.
The premise and setting is kinda basic for being a ghost story, this is less of a horror story and for it's own merit it's not bad. I am not just a fan of the story to begin with and I thought some aspects could have done better.
Characters in this one could have been more consistent, the brother relationships of Steve and Dylan are not coherent.
Sometimes, they bully one another but sometimes, they're going along with each other's favors because they're both kind of pathetic in their own regard but for the benefit of the doubt, they're just kids so I don't know what to judge.
The story is uneventful for the most part and it's very repetitive and mostly fake out scares.
It mostly can be enjoyed as a cozy innocent middle-grade story than what I expect for a Goosebumps book and sometimes they are fine (like How I Learned To Fly which is a good Goosebumps but not so Goosebumps book).
But with a title like “Stay Away From The Treehouse” I expected more of the ghosts hauntings here than what they are showed from their brief apperances, It doesn't help the fact that this is probably short for it's usual count with 101 pages than a 120 page story.
About the ending though, which didn't exactly bugged me or will take points down but I didn't get what it's about, it's kinda random and didn't connect with the theme of the story.
March 20, 2024
This book has a haunted tree house and ghost all taking place in the Fear Street woods. It has some spooky scenes but very predictable. Overall not too bad but the ending was a bit of a letdown.
June 19, 2023
Main character Dylan is obsessed with the supernatural and convinces his older brother Steve to come out to the nearby woods in order to summon a ghost in the damaged, burnt treehouse. Although mildly entertaining, this clearly ghostwritten book by "R.L. Stine" could have used a lot more structure to its story and offered nothing original. The ending is so beyond predictable that it's insulting. Not the worst, but I wouldn't really recommend this to anyone.
June 20, 2025
Talk about bland. This is probably the shortest numbered Ghosts of Fear Street book and easily the least interesting one, but it did have some nice positives. The main character is solid and has pretty straight forward goals that actually get resolved by the end of the book. There’s a few schpookay bits with the tree house even before the first twist of the book, like the first camp-out scene. The shorter page count is very much justified and I feel this would’ve worked well as a short story that just takes place in the Fear Street woods/Shadyside instead of a full book. Still, it’s a quick and simple addition to the franchise—but simple may be an issue here. The story is quite bland there’s a noticeable lack of intrigue here. We’re waiting for the ghosts to show up, we get a huge cock block that pisses you off (that being the first twist, an issue within itself), and then then ghost stuff happens near the end—and beyond, but reverse thanks to the ending contradicting the first twist’s implications. It’s super straight forward and feels extremely uninspired, being the typical “haunted place with character revealed as a ghost” story. It gets old, but again, page count it fair for this simple retread of boring tropes. Then again, this is for ten year olds… sorry, woke up from the Matrix there. Bland rampage over: the final chapter is a slap in the nuts, not that it’s awful but it’s clearly just there to edge over the hundred page mark, and it’s not very good lol. The ending is a bit confusing and brings up a lot of questions, but it’s fine other than that. The pacing is noticeably slow, again due to the bland story and predictably of how it’ll turn out, and it definitely doesn’t help the book any. And uh… Steve got old about halfway through the book. Annoying but semi-likable fuck. Overall, 5/10. Probably the most predictable score of all time lol; if I were just eating these off looks instead of the actual contents, then I would’ve given it the same score. They did in fact say the title of the book. Almost twice.
June 22, 2024
Dylan lives on Fear Street and is obsessed with ghosts, reading and learning all he can about them, and hoping one day to see one for himself. When he and his obnoxious brother Steve notice the remains of an old treehouse in the woods, Dylan gets the idea to rebuild it for themselves. As they scope out the project they meet two girls who warn them to stay away from the treehouse because of a tragedy that happened years before, and might befall them. Thinking a possible haunted treehouse is his ticket to meeting a ghost, Dylan persist, despite his brother's and the two girls' attempts to stop him. But what is waiting for him if he finishes his quest?
Reasonably solid story, though the writing style definitely felt more like the ghostwriter than R.L. Stine.
Reasonably solid story, though the writing style definitely felt more like the ghostwriter than R.L. Stine.
June 16, 2020
La verdad este libro mejoro demasiado (se que me falta leer el cuarto i know pero no lo tengo y no es como que exista un orden)
En fin este libro mejoro muchísimo respecto al anterior que la verdad me decepciono demasiado y me hizo perderle fe a la saga, pero con este R.L i love you and i'll read all your books.
Me encanta que en general historia tiene unos plots demasiado buenos y que el final es medio oscuro porque al final no se, no te dicen si termina bien o mal.
hasta ahora mi top va de este modo.
1- Quien durmió en mi tumba?
2-Aléjate de la casa del árbol
3- Escóndete y grita
4- La invasión de los hidrosimios
En fin este libro mejoro muchísimo respecto al anterior que la verdad me decepciono demasiado y me hizo perderle fe a la saga, pero con este R.L i love you and i'll read all your books.
Me encanta que en general historia tiene unos plots demasiado buenos y que el final es medio oscuro porque al final no se, no te dicen si termina bien o mal.
hasta ahora mi top va de este modo.
1- Quien durmió en mi tumba?
2-Aléjate de la casa del árbol
3- Escóndete y grita
4- La invasión de los hidrosimios
June 17, 2020
La verdad este libro mejoro demasiado (se que me falta leer el cuarto i know pero no lo tengo y no es como que exista un orden)
En fin este libro mejoro muchísimo respecto al anterior que la verdad me decepciono demasiado y me hizo perderle fe a la saga, pero con este R.L i love you and i'll read all your books.
Me encanta que en general historia tiene unos plots demasiado buenos y que el final es medio oscuro porque al final no se, no te dicen si termina bien o mal.
hasta ahora mi top va de este modo.
1- Quien durmió en mi tumba?
2-Aléjate de la casa del árbol
3- Escóndete y grita
4- La invasión de los hidrosimios
En fin este libro mejoro muchísimo respecto al anterior que la verdad me decepciono demasiado y me hizo perderle fe a la saga, pero con este R.L i love you and i'll read all your books.
Me encanta que en general historia tiene unos plots demasiado buenos y que el final es medio oscuro porque al final no se, no te dicen si termina bien o mal.
hasta ahora mi top va de este modo.
1- Quien durmió en mi tumba?
2-Aléjate de la casa del árbol
3- Escóndete y grita
4- La invasión de los hidrosimios
October 3, 2021
definitivamente.. el mejor libro que lei de R.L.Stine.
despues de leer 2 libros de este autor, al fin pude encontrar un libro que me haya agrade por completo. los personajes son carismaticos y muy bien contruidos; a pesar de que no son SUPER PERSONAJES me gustaron muchos. la historia me recordo a esas tipicas historias de terror como monster high o historias de terror en la oscuridad. el libro es infantil y aun asi, R.LStine logra trasmitir sensaciones de suspenso sin importar la edad.
lo recomiendo mucho
despues de leer 2 libros de este autor, al fin pude encontrar un libro que me haya agrade por completo. los personajes son carismaticos y muy bien contruidos; a pesar de que no son SUPER PERSONAJES me gustaron muchos. la historia me recordo a esas tipicas historias de terror como monster high o historias de terror en la oscuridad. el libro es infantil y aun asi, R.LStine logra trasmitir sensaciones de suspenso sin importar la edad.
lo recomiendo mucho
June 25, 2025
Cũng twist này twist nọ đó, từ nơm nớp lo sợ để rồi tự mình doạ mình, rồi lại tới ý nghĩa không có ma, xong lại bị hai đứa con gái giả ma doạ, xong lại tòi ra có ma thật, và kết thúc với cú lật bàn cuối cùng, hoá ra tất cả lại là ma, Dylan và Steve đúng được một phen không kịp đội mũ bảo hiểm :)))
Nhưng lời bạt của nhà văn Anh Đức là sao nhỉ, cảm giác như giữa lời bạt và đoạn kết có sự hiểu lầm không hề nhẹ
Nhưng lời bạt của nhà văn Anh Đức là sao nhỉ, cảm giác như giữa lời bạt và đoạn kết có sự hiểu lầm không hề nhẹ
December 29, 2019
This is a more solid R.L. showing. It’s not too bad but there’s just not much to it. I was hoping for a bit more spooky descriptions, especially when it came to the forest and tree house bits. Instead, it’s a simple, straight forward plot that’s padded with small, harmless scares that do nothing for the story. Makes me think, “Can the best Stine book ever be better than 3 stars?”
January 25, 2023
After a disappointing 3rd, and 4th entry, the series is back on track with this book. It's still not A list Stine material, but it's a fun breezy read, and the twist, while obvious, was at least entertaining. Shame I missed most of this series as a child (as my local shops mainly only stocked Goosebumps)as I would of loved it as a 12 yr old. On to the next!
June 17, 2019
Una historia misteriosa y alegre a la vez. 😃👍
Dato: creí que el final iba a ser diferente. Hubiera querido sentir algo de miedo.
Una frase del: “Me gusta mucho leer historias de fantasmas cuando llueve o el cielo amenaza lluvia. Es el clima de los fantasmas”.
Dato: creí que el final iba a ser diferente. Hubiera querido sentir algo de miedo.
Una frase del: “Me gusta mucho leer historias de fantasmas cuando llueve o el cielo amenaza lluvia. Es el clima de los fantasmas”.
February 23, 2021
Cuốn sách fiction đầu tiên của năm mới thiệt may mắn là hong có tệ, hong có dài dòng quá, cũng hong quá nhàm chán, nói chung là đủ để đọc vèo một cái í.
Mình còn 1 cuốn của series này nữa, để hôm nào đọc nốt hehee =))). Những ngày nào cảm thấy bản thân làm được ít việc quá thì đọc vèo một cuốn fiction yêu đời trong sáng này để cảm thấy thiệt tốt hơnn!
Mình còn 1 cuốn của series này nữa, để hôm nào đọc nốt hehee =))). Những ngày nào cảm thấy bản thân làm được ít việc quá thì đọc vèo một cuốn fiction yêu đời trong sáng này để cảm thấy thiệt tốt hơnn!
October 22, 2024
Cutest ghost story I have read from R.L.Stine Fear Street series most fun I had in ages. I have been rereading alot of the 90's books from when I was a kid most plots have been either remakes or have quite cheesy plots but Stay Away from The Treehouse is one of the most original plots yet.
January 8, 2021
thằng nam chính trong này bị khùng, hết chuyện chơi sao cứ cố đi kiếm ma, đúng là chơi ngu lấy sẹo!!!
May 7, 2021
This one was super cute.
December 28, 2022
Tolle Geschichte.
September 14, 2023
Pretty good book about a haunted treehouse, and pretty short (101 pages)⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ four stars
July 14, 2024
El mejor de los que leí de RL Stine, leí varios de adolescente.
July 20, 2024
No se que decir
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September 25, 2025
can't find to read
April 9, 2011
The first story features Dylan, who believes and wants to see a ghost. His older brother is much more skeptical about the paranormal. Dylan finds a decrepit tree house in the woods, but is warned to know fix it up by two sisters. The sisters explain that three children died in the tree house when lightning hit it and it is haunted. As Dylan and his reluctant brother repair it, a hammer flies at Dylan's head, they hear strange noises and other bizarre things happen. Finally Dylan does meet his ghost, though it's not who or what he expects. In the second story, Kelsey meets a psychic named Valda but after insulting her she is cursed. All of her worst fears start to come true. Kelsey and her friend Drew seek the help of another psychic Zandra. Zandra explains that Valda was once alive, but is now evil and vengeful. Can Kelsey remove the curse or will she live in fear forever??? These mildly scary stories are perfect for late elementary school students.
October 20, 2011
I gave this book 5 stars because it was very good and interesting. It is about a boy named Dylan, and his older brother, Steve. They find a clearing in the woods and there is a 2 storing tree house. It was old and falling apart. So when they fixed it the people that died in it were able to leave. It was a very good book and I would recommend it to anyone who likes R.L. Stine!
August 15, 2011
I really liked this book!
August 9, 2016
we some book
December 10, 2019
I liked the villain and the reveal of their deal, but otherwise this one just kind of drags and the brother was an annoying jerk instead of a fun one. Meh.
July 13, 2022
Muy divertido, se lee súper rápido.
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