Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave?

Ghosts of Fear Street #2

by R.L. Stine

The ghosts of Fear Street -- they'll haunt you forever! Do you believe in ghosts? Don't say no until you take a walk down Fear Street. Pat the woods -- where no birds sing. Past the lake -- where something lurks beneath the water. Past the cemetery -- where everyone is dying to meet you.

And don't forget to stop by the Shadyside Middle School. Zack Pepper thinks there is something very wrong with his substitute teacher. No one will believe him, so he has to get rid of her all by himself. But how can he destroy someone who is already dead?

Genres: Horror, Fiction, Middle Grade, Childrens, Ghosts, Fantasy, Young Adult

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1995

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.

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Reviews

[Ethan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave will likely be the last Ghosts of Fear Street book I ever read, but at least I'm going out with a great one. The story follows protagonist Zack Pepper as he becomes suspicious of his new substitute teacher, Miss Gaunt. Zack suspects she is a ghost, and that something horrible may have happened to his regular teacher Miss Prescott. Zack quickly becomes Miss Gaunt's favourite student, but is she really a ghost? And does she have something sinister in mind for Zack and his friends?

This is one of the best middle grade horror books I've ever read, in any series and by any author. R.L. Stine, despite having his name on all of the books in this series in huge letters, didn't write any of them. They were written by a variety of authors, and this one was written by Stephen Roos. This is just such an impressive book. It's wonderfully written for what it is, and the story is very entertaining and actually coherent, unlike most other middle grade horror books I've read. And the characters are excellent here. Not one dimensional like they usually are in these sorts of books, but well developed and memorable; Miss Gaunt is one of the greatest middle grade horror characters I've ever read, and I stand by that. Her character was authentic and amazing.

And just the way the author captured the feelings of so many things here so perfectly: the atmosphere of Halloween night, what it's like to be a teacher's pet, the fear of death and ghosts. It was all brilliantly done in this book. This is one to check out.

Highly recommended!

[Coos Burton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uno de mis libros favoritos de la colección Fantasmas de Fear Street. Lo leí en el momento adecuado, ya que toda la historia se ambienta en la época de Halloween.

[Haiiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

#2018ReadingChallenge #PopSugar
24. A book about or set on Halloween

Hehe ngắn mà dễ đọc thế này thì ngày đọc chục quyển cũng được ấy chứ. Ngồi chờ sửa xe đọc vèo phát xong 2 cuốn luôn còn đâu.

Mình thì thấy độ kinh dị chưa xi nhê gì, nhưng rất tán thưởng sức sáng tạo của tác giả. Quay ra nhìn mấy cái series truyện của ổng mà muốn quỳ luôn, nhiều dã man.

Cuốn này kết hơi hai mang, cũng thú vị.

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zack Pepper is deathly afraid of ghosts, so much so that all kids tease and try to scare him. Especially his best friend Chris. When a substitute teacher mysteriously shows up to teach his class, a very old woman who dresses in old fashioned clothes and a veil and whose touch is icy cold, Zach soon comes to believe she's actually a ghost. And she has a fondness for him and big plans for his future.
One of the ghostwritten Fear Street books, this one was actually quite well written, and was scarier than the majority of Stine's GB and FS stories.

[Zoey De Leon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one and the best so far from the batch of GOFS books I've read, the last ones I've read is terrible and two that are good enough but flawed, this one however, is excellent.

The story in here is coherent and actually a more creepy one in the sense of reading this as a grown up and seeing a parallel into the reality about adults to children.
Characterization is better in here too, more convincing dialogue and actions than the dumbed own books from the last Ghosts of Fear Street books I've read.

One cool thing is that aside for a small point that this as solid next to the better Goosebumps books, this one didn't waste it's time from the “You Gotta Believe Me” trope relating to the situation where the character is in although the opposing thing that the main character did do is smart in comparison, I did appreciate that it didn't lead to the usual tired formula of Stine's books.

[Isabella Hyers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Personally, I would give this book a three out of five stars. I enjoyed bits and pieces of the book but some parts were a bit childish. Granted, the book is made for young tweens and children, I still expected more from the story. The story starts with Zack who is an R.L. Stine version of the boy who cried wolf. Zack is constantly 'crying" ghost and lying that he sees them. When he is suspicious of his substitute teacher for being a ghost, Zack spends parts of the book trying to get his classmates and the people around him to believe him. When no one believes him due to his previous lies, Zack takes it upon himself to prove that his substitute teacher is a ghost. This book had some good plot points and was a good take to "the boy who cried wolf" story. Ghosts of fear street are an honorable take to R.L Stine's Goosebumps stories. Overall, the story had a few plot holes and could have gave us more. With that said I did enjoy the book overall.

[Maxim Avery · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was alright. I think Zack is kinda weird for thinking his sub is a ghost. Although she actually was. Something I've realized is that all goosebumps books are the same. Just kinda basic in my opinion. I wouldn't read this book again given the choice. The ending is kind of weird because Chris forgets about the ghost even though he saw it. Chris also kinda seems like a cruel kid. Terrorizing Zack all the time. This book was okay at best.

[Sara Santos · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Midori · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 sao thôi vì twist không vật vã sững sờ như những tập khác. Được các bác Stine tả thì lúc nào cũng chân thật, hấp dẫn 😄

[Mauritzvd · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't have high hopes for this one. Loved to read it when I was a kid, but being a kid, I didn't look for high quality, so... I expected this to be nauseatingly terrible - a bit like the cover promises. It wasn't that bad at all. Up to half of the book I would have given this one 3 stars, but sadly in the second half it lost even its mediocrity.
Too bad. Still, I don't feel like I've completely wasted my time...

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had completely forgotten this series even existed until I was reminded of it the other day. It’s the perfect combination of Goosebumps and Fear Street, and although I didn’t read very many of them as a kid (due to my library not carrying a lot of them) I still remember liking these books a lot.

This one was just a lot of fun to re-read, and now I can’t wait to read even more of these books!

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book was great!

[Anh · Rating 3 out of 5]

ôi cuốn sách tuổi thơ từng làm mình nhiều đêm mất ngủ...

[Nader Nate · Rating 2 out of 5]

5.5/10

[Alejandro Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

So it seems that the GoFS semi-banger streak continues with Who’s Been Sleeping in my Grave. My expectations were kinda that this would be average, and it was for a huge chunk of it, but it picked up around the end and made up for things a little bit. My biggest upside is Miss Gaunt as a villain. Her character is genuinely kinda frightening and I like her strange tone and weird design. I think the climax is generally really good and there’s some solid writing there in particular. There are some great moments throughout the entire story and the ending is quite good and wraps up the story nicely even if some things were left kinda wonky. The characters all around are okay and there’s some great atmosphere, and it’s also a Halloween story, which is an obvious plus. As for negatives, this book is pretty bland for a majority of it. I could tell it was gonna pick up, and boy did it with the confrontation scene before Halloween, but until then, the story was trope filled and really average feeling with only a few standout bits within those, say, eighty or so pages. Miss Gaunt’s motive is just stupid, her only notable flaw I feel. Some things in the book are basically pointless inclusions and filler for an already short book. The execution of the idea could’ve been a whole lot better too, and there’s surprisingly a good few big grammar mistakes. And this is merely a nitpick, but Zach’s mom is stupid: her son, who she knows was sick earlier (even though they were faking it, but that’s besides the point), is allowed to pass out candy. Infect the neighborhood, why don’t we? Overall, 8/10. It’s quite good, and definitely a high eight-out-of-ten. Most of my downsides are just nitpicks that peck away at the score little by little.

[Isabelle Clarida · Rating 5 out of 5]

When beginning this book the suspense continued to build up as I became more and more frightened along with the character in the book. More and more odd things continuously happened making the story more interesting and made me want to keep reading. I enjoy this book because of how interesting it is and how easy it is to read because it keeps you interested. I also enjoyed how the book keeps you questioning whether or not there is or is not something odd going on with the substitute teacher. The only thing in the book I didn't necessarily enjoy was the fact that the suspense continued building for a very long time. Although this is not a bad thing it just felt like nothing was being figured out for a long time because the characters couldn't figure out what was really going on. Other than this one downfall, I really enjoyed this book and even though I usually can't understand what I'm reading this book was overall easy to understand and very eventful. I also thought the ending was very eventful but I also believe there was many other possible endings that would have been good. Overall I did enjoy this book and I would read more books like this one. I would recommend this to others as well because I personally never get very interested in books so if other are like that as well I would definitely recommend they try reading this book because it is quick and easy but still leaves you wondering.

[Kylie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a typical RL Stine book. A perfect middle grade spooky book for quick October read!
Zack's class has a substitute teacher. After acting quite strange, Zack knows there's something wrong with her. Since he is known to be a scaredy cat, no one believes him. He knows he has to prove that this time he isn't crying wolf.
We quickly get to know Zack and his friends Chris and Macey. Chris likes to scare Zack and Macey tends to take Zack's side more.
The whole plot is pretty spooky. We get a peek at Fear Street and part of the book takes place in the cemetery. I think it's the perfect amount of spooky for the target audience without going overboard.
The ending is in RL Stine fashion. Everything seems tied up nicely, but then there's a little detail at the very end that leaves something open ended.
Thank you to Simon Kids for a copy of this one!

[LoveBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Libro 2 de Fantasmas de Fear Street.

Zack es un niño que todos los dias su hermano mayor y su mejor amigo se burlan de el por lo miedoso que es, asi que un dia Zack se compra un libro llamado ``Power Kid`` un libro para no tener miedo.
pero el libro no lo aria valiente no ese dia de Halloween cuando ve a la maestra suplente , una señora que parecia tener 200 años. Zack tiene la sospecha que esta nueva maestra es un fantasma y quiere descubrir por que solo se interesa en el.

Es solo un libro para entretenerse , para sacarte de un bloqueo lector. tiene muy pocas paginas y te lo lees en un buen ratito. pero divertido y muy recomendable para niños chiquitos que quieren empezar a leer historias de fantasmas de un pueblo.

[Stacy Renee (LazyDayLit) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Juvenile/MG
Horror

Zachariah is convinced that his new substitute teacher, Ms. Gaunt, is a real live ghost and she seems to like him the best of all!

I loved Goosebumps and Fear Street as a kid and have been rereading them with my kiddo recently. I hadn’t heard of the ‘Ghosts of Fear Street’ even though they were originally published back in the 90’s but saw them at the library and decided to check them out. Very similar to Goosebumps. Similar simple writing style.
Fun and spooky!

[Hew La France · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh, what to say about this one... I'm not too keen on it. In keeping with the Stine tradition that so many of his books seem to adhere to, the title hasn't anything to do with the story. I can't quite put a finger on why I didn't care for the book, it just... it felt like the resolutions came easy, even for a children's book.

[Tuấn Anh Nhâm Ngọc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sự đáng sợ của bà giáo viên dạy thay được kể thông qua lời kể của đám trẻ con nên khá bí ẩn. Truyện kể ban đầu dài lê thê. Hình ảnh bóng ma của cô giáo mờ ảo rồi kết lại hơi nhanh đã khiến quá trình phát hiện sự thật hơi dễ đoán, dập khuôn và có một chút gì đó ngây thơ.
Nhưng tổng thể câu chuyện rất hợp lý. Những từ ngữ mà nhân vật dùng rất được trau chuốt, phù hợp hoàn cảnh.

[Hannah Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

Last book of the year had to be something fun and light hearted. I used to be a 5th grade teacher and I really liked this one! A ghost teacher who wants to turn you into a ghost so she can tech you forever? Hilarious and scary to a kid lol. It was a fun read. Staying in my long term collection of favorite goosebumps books.

[Stacy ( cr33pycrawlspace ) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok... but here's the thing. They fingerprint for schools. The most unrealistic part about this book is that the school hired Ms. Gaunt as a substitute. She's a certain level of creepy around the kids that screams criminal record. This school clearly needs some nosey PTA moms to look into this lady.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far I'm loving the Ghosts of Fear Street series. Scary stories from the 90's are simply the best. Even though these books weren't written by R.L. Stine, they're still fun stories to read. I like how these stories are nostalgic. In one part, the mother said she was going to look up a number in the phone book. Ah, memories.

[Gabs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leído en una tarde, jamas me había pasado esto.
Que puedo decir, este hombre simplemente escribe cosas que te enganchan y son divertidas. La verdad es que hizo que me comprar 9 libros de esta saga, porque para pasar un buen momento ya se que puedo contar con R.L STINE.

[Garth Smiley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the first book, but a fun read nonetheless. Everybody had weird substitutes, so the story hook works well, for pretty much all readers. It did suffer a bit in the 3rd act, but with the rate these thing were being cranked out, it's definitely one of the better works from Stine.

[Owen · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good book, but I thought it was lacking interest in the beginning. I liked the ending where she grabbed him to her grave. Gave claustrophobic to me when he's panicking to get out of the hole in the casket scene.

[Sonny Herbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very good book, even though it’s old it is still good every time you read it. The main character is called Zach and he nearly gets pulled into a dead teachers grave for her to teach him forever

[Derek Garrett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Starting out, this book wasn't too bad. At times it even got a little spooky. But I went into this book after reading several other R.L. Stine books, so I expected some twists. I expected things not to be as they seem. This expectation led to me feeling that the ending was a letdown.

[Fizah Abrar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh! i used to love this book when i was a kid :) read it several times..