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Sweet Valley Twins Super Chillers #3
The Carnival Ghost
Is Claire a girl or a ghost?
A travelling carnival is on its way to Sweet Valley, and Jessica and Elizabeth can't wait to ride on the roller coaster, have their fortunes told, and try their luck at the games. But when they get there, a fortune-teller warns Jessica to stay away from the carnival. Then a mysterious girl named Claire seems to appear out of nowhere and suddenly becomes best friends with Elizabeth.
Strangely drawn to Claire, Elizabeth begins to ignore her friends, her chores, and even her sister to spend time with her new friend. It's as if she's under an evil spell... a spell no one can break. If her twin is in danger, how can Jessica help her?
UK reissue of ISBN 0553403842
A travelling carnival is on its way to Sweet Valley, and Jessica and Elizabeth can't wait to ride on the roller coaster, have their fortunes told, and try their luck at the games. But when they get there, a fortune-teller warns Jessica to stay away from the carnival. Then a mysterious girl named Claire seems to appear out of nowhere and suddenly becomes best friends with Elizabeth.
Strangely drawn to Claire, Elizabeth begins to ignore her friends, her chores, and even her sister to spend time with her new friend. It's as if she's under an evil spell... a spell no one can break. If her twin is in danger, how can Jessica help her?
UK reissue of ISBN 0553403842
183 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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Francine Pascal
1,140 books1,851 followersFrancine Paula Pascal was an American author best known for her Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High, the backbone of the collection, was made into a television series, which led to several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they remained so popular that several titles were re-released decades later.
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January 21, 2022
4 stars for an actual ghost!
No fake outs!
A legitimately scary ferris wheel incident!
Defiant Elizabeth!
A spooky one that I definitely loved growing up and was still really fun.
No fake outs!
A legitimately scary ferris wheel incident!
Defiant Elizabeth!
A spooky one that I definitely loved growing up and was still really fun.
December 31, 2017
Definitely one of the best SVT books! I am all about carnivals.
This one was much the same as Evil Elizabeth, only this time Liz is possessed by a girl instead of a mask.
Claire was at the carnival almost a century ago. Her father was awful to her and never let her ride a ride. Then one night she disobeyed him and got on the Ferris wheel. But once she got to the ground again and tried to get off, her dress caught in the machinery and pulled her up again. She hung upside down briefly before plunging to her death. Afterwards, the Ferris wheel squeaked on with just a piece of Claire’s dress remaining. It’s one of the creepiest and saddest Sweet Valley stories. The carnival fortune teller, Mademoiselle Z, tells it to Jessica at the end of the book, because she thinks Jess is the one who’s been hanging around with Claire.
In reality, it’s Liz. She meets Claire on the twins’ first day at the carnival. In the haunted house the doors fork at the end. Jessica chooses vampires and Liz chooses ghosts. Of course Claire is waiting for her at the end. Claire is eager to make Liz her new “friend.” Liz is fascinated by Claire’s “magic” tricks and how she knows all the behind-the-scenes info on the carnival. She claims to be the carnival owner’s daughter, but in reality it’s owned by a corporation. Liz, Crackerjack Reporter that she is, doesn’t stop to think of a logical explanation for how Claire is doing what she’s doing.
Meanwhile, the Unicorns are obsessed with the fortune teller. Lila vows never to go back after a bad prediction from Madam Z comes true, and Jess does the same when Madam Z screams at her to leave the carnival or else she is in danger. She thinks Jess is Liz, not realizing that Liz has a twin. Jess thinks Madam Z has real powers and meant to curse her. So Jess and Lila decide to have their own carnival on Lila’s spacious property. Naturally, Jess will be the fortune teller. She and Lila write fortunes down on paper and put them into separate fishbowls for girls and boys. Lila gets a small Ferris wheel and food booths and games - all the works. I am totally jealous of Lila’s charmed life. This New Years’ Eve carnival party sounds epic! I wish my NYE tomorrow could be like that!
While all this is happening, Liz is falling more and more under the spell of Claire. She goes to the carnival early every morning and returns very late at night. She doesn’t do her chores. Basically, she acts like Jessica. Liz goes to the NYE party- but only reluctantly. At this point she hasn’t seen Claire in a few days, and she feels as though she MUST see her because Claire is so lonely. Of course, that’s Claire telling her that. Liz even neglects Amy and their Sixers article about the carnival. This actually leads to JESSICA teaming up with Amy to get to the bottom of the carnival mystery. They interview the guy who built the haunted house for the carnival and find out that even he was seriously spooked by everything. He never built a haunted house after that.
Jessica feels she can’t go back to the carnival to save her sister because she was “cursed” by Madam Z, but she realizes she has no choice. This is when she meets Z’s fiancé and gets an explanation of Claire’s true evil nature. And Z realizes that she has been Warning the wrong person - Liz never heard about the danger she was in! Naturally, the final showdown takes place on the Ferris wheel. Liz is a complete zombie, and Claire is demanding that she be her friend forever. Jess climbs on the Ferris wheel with Liz, but Z cautions that Liz will have to ultimately choose good or evil, and that she is past the point of others saving her. Nevertheless, Jess pleads with Liz to understand and come back to her. Once Claire shows her true (rotting) face and then purposely hurts Jess, Liz snaps out of her funk and tells Claire that she will not go with her, thank you very much.
And then, of course, everything returns back to normal in Wakefield land until the next ghost, psychopath, werewolf, etc. comes along.
This one was much the same as Evil Elizabeth, only this time Liz is possessed by a girl instead of a mask.
Claire was at the carnival almost a century ago. Her father was awful to her and never let her ride a ride. Then one night she disobeyed him and got on the Ferris wheel. But once she got to the ground again and tried to get off, her dress caught in the machinery and pulled her up again. She hung upside down briefly before plunging to her death. Afterwards, the Ferris wheel squeaked on with just a piece of Claire’s dress remaining. It’s one of the creepiest and saddest Sweet Valley stories. The carnival fortune teller, Mademoiselle Z, tells it to Jessica at the end of the book, because she thinks Jess is the one who’s been hanging around with Claire.
In reality, it’s Liz. She meets Claire on the twins’ first day at the carnival. In the haunted house the doors fork at the end. Jessica chooses vampires and Liz chooses ghosts. Of course Claire is waiting for her at the end. Claire is eager to make Liz her new “friend.” Liz is fascinated by Claire’s “magic” tricks and how she knows all the behind-the-scenes info on the carnival. She claims to be the carnival owner’s daughter, but in reality it’s owned by a corporation. Liz, Crackerjack Reporter that she is, doesn’t stop to think of a logical explanation for how Claire is doing what she’s doing.
Meanwhile, the Unicorns are obsessed with the fortune teller. Lila vows never to go back after a bad prediction from Madam Z comes true, and Jess does the same when Madam Z screams at her to leave the carnival or else she is in danger. She thinks Jess is Liz, not realizing that Liz has a twin. Jess thinks Madam Z has real powers and meant to curse her. So Jess and Lila decide to have their own carnival on Lila’s spacious property. Naturally, Jess will be the fortune teller. She and Lila write fortunes down on paper and put them into separate fishbowls for girls and boys. Lila gets a small Ferris wheel and food booths and games - all the works. I am totally jealous of Lila’s charmed life. This New Years’ Eve carnival party sounds epic! I wish my NYE tomorrow could be like that!
While all this is happening, Liz is falling more and more under the spell of Claire. She goes to the carnival early every morning and returns very late at night. She doesn’t do her chores. Basically, she acts like Jessica. Liz goes to the NYE party- but only reluctantly. At this point she hasn’t seen Claire in a few days, and she feels as though she MUST see her because Claire is so lonely. Of course, that’s Claire telling her that. Liz even neglects Amy and their Sixers article about the carnival. This actually leads to JESSICA teaming up with Amy to get to the bottom of the carnival mystery. They interview the guy who built the haunted house for the carnival and find out that even he was seriously spooked by everything. He never built a haunted house after that.
Jessica feels she can’t go back to the carnival to save her sister because she was “cursed” by Madam Z, but she realizes she has no choice. This is when she meets Z’s fiancé and gets an explanation of Claire’s true evil nature. And Z realizes that she has been Warning the wrong person - Liz never heard about the danger she was in! Naturally, the final showdown takes place on the Ferris wheel. Liz is a complete zombie, and Claire is demanding that she be her friend forever. Jess climbs on the Ferris wheel with Liz, but Z cautions that Liz will have to ultimately choose good or evil, and that she is past the point of others saving her. Nevertheless, Jess pleads with Liz to understand and come back to her. Once Claire shows her true (rotting) face and then purposely hurts Jess, Liz snaps out of her funk and tells Claire that she will not go with her, thank you very much.
And then, of course, everything returns back to normal in Wakefield land until the next ghost, psychopath, werewolf, etc. comes along.
March 26, 2022
WTF
Claire was an actual ghost, her spirit was just living in the carnival, I mean that is some serious crazy crap.
Just close the carnival down.
Was not expecting that but in the end it was the only thing that would've made sense.
Claire was an actual ghost, her spirit was just living in the carnival, I mean that is some serious crazy crap.
Just close the carnival down.
Was not expecting that but in the end it was the only thing that would've made sense.
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February 23, 2017
This book scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. It was my favorite book in the series. I must have read in 2o times.
March 21, 2021
Lives up to the hype. I loved the vibrant descriptions of the carnival and Lila’s carnival themed NYE party.
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April 1, 2025The Carnival Ghost (Sweet Valley Twins)
The Wakefields are at a Chinese restaurant. Jessica says she wishes she could see into the future as a waiter passes out fortune cookies to another family. Liz jokes that she can see Steven eating leftover Chinese food for breakfast. There’s a traveling carnival scheduled to open in Sweet Valley the next morning. Christmas has just passed and it’ll give the twins something to do the rest of winter break. Jessica wonders if the carnival will have a fortune teller. Steven says he heard they’ll have an amazing roller coaster. Liz says she heard they’ll have a really scary haunted house.
The twins get their fortune cookies. Jessica’s says “Vanity is your biggest weakness”. Liz’s says “Avoid high places if you don’t want to fall.” They pass the carnival on the way home. Several rides are already up. Jessica is excited when she sees the Ferris Whell. Because Jessica is bored-when they get home- Liz suggests riding their bikes down to the harbor and watch the carnival being set up. When they get there, Liz points out the entrance is shaped like a clown’s mouth.
Amy is there and has her notebook to write a story about the carnival for the Sixers. Then Jessica sees Lila with some of the other Unicorns and goes over to them. They walk around the fence and check out the other rides. Ellen is excited about the bumper cars, but Lila says the Tilt-a-Whirl is more for her. Jessica sees a tent that says “The Amazing Mademoiselle Z. The Future Revealed. Satisfaction Guaranteed.” Jessica says she was hoping there would be one. Lila says all fortune tellers are fake, but Jessica doesn’t care tomorrow she’ll pay Madame Z a visit.
The next morning, the twins each buy a ticket that will admit them to one ride or game. They first go to the haunted house. It’s guarded by a Frankenstein monster. Liz has the strangest feeling someone is watching her. When she looks there’s no one there. A skeleton drops in front of her and she screams and jumps back. The door swings open and inside there’s a room light in eerie bluish light. A coffin springs open and a skeleton pops out. Jessica is the one startled by this. Going down the hallway a witch drops from the ceiling and Jessica says it reminds her of Mrs. Arnette.
They come to a fork that says “Ghosts” over one door and “Vampires” over the other. They each take a different room. Jessica goes through the door for “Vampires”. Liz goes to the door marked “Ghost” and has the urge to run. Liz sees a girl in a white dress with dark hair that says her name is Claire. She tells her not to be afraid. She’s been through that room many times. Her father owns the circus. But when Liz follows her into the room, she’s vanished. Liz sees that the way out is through a grave. On it are the initials C.C and the dates 1882-1892.
When she makes it out, Jessica grabs her around the neck and causes her to shriek. Jessica says in the vampire room you have to exit through an open casket. Liz asks if she saw the girl who went before her but Jessica says she must have disappeared into thin air. Liz sees her and goes to talk to her leaving Jessica alone. Jessica can’t find any of the Unicorns and decides to go to Madame Z’s tent. Since Jessica doesn’t have a question prepared, Madame Z gives her a random fortune telling. She tells her (very vaguely) she sees good things for Jessica Wakefield. She sees a happy event that will happen very soon. And with that she kicks her out her tent.
When they get home, Mrs. Wakefield gives the twins and Steven the good news that they’ve decided to increase their allowance. Jessica is amazed! Madame Z’s prediction came true. Jessica talks her mom into letting her go back to the carnival that night. It’s opened late. So, Liz goes to hang out with Claire and Jessica’s taken some of the Unicorns. Lila has won a new Johnny Buck shirt after 8 tries on one of the booths. She convinces Lila to go with her to see Madame Z. The tent is guarded by a creepy, bald, man.
Lila makes the mistake of insulting her and calling her a fake. Madame Z says mark her words before the night is over, she’ll have a great misfortune. Lila shrugs it off and tells the others lets go. Jessica apologizes. Madame Z says to come see her again. Lila tries to pet a horse and it freaks out. She stumbles and knocks over a tent. Then she falls into the mud and gets her milkshake all over her new shirt. Jessica sees Liz and calls to her but she walks past like she didn’t hear her.
Elizabeth has gotten up early the next morning and didn’t even make her bed. She says she’ll be at the carnival all day. Lila calls and says she’s not going to the carnival. She wants Jessica to help her plan her New Years Eve. She says she’ll help her plan it tomorrow. She says fine but if she was her, she’d stay away from that stupid fortune teller. Jessica tells her actually that’ll be fhe first one she sees. When Jessica goes back to Madame Z, she tells her she will have no future if she continues to come to the carnival. Jessica knocks over her crystal ball. Then she kicks her out abruptly. Jessica runs but then forgets her back. She goes back for it and sees Liz. She calls out to Liz but she doesn’t hear. She’s talking to someone Liz doesn’t see.
When she catches her attention, Liz says she was talking to Claire (who Jessica didn’t see). Jessica tells her she’s cursed and she’s never going back to the carnival. Later, Jessica tells Liz about the weird things Amy heard about the carnival. While showing Liz how she’s cleaned up, she says a man out the window with a black hat and rain coat. The next morning, Liz goes back to the carnival. She sees Julie there and offers to introduce her to Claire. Julie all of a sudden starts to looks terrified and says she has to go home but can’t say why. Then she sees Claire.
She tells her about Julie but Claire insists she’ll be fine. She says she wanted to introduce her to Julie so she’d have another friend. She says she has Liz and they’ll be friends forever. She offers to show Liz some secret places. She shows her a secret entrance to the fun house. Then she shows them some kids in two-way mirrors. The kids can’t see them but they can see the kids. They see Caroline and Elise Jennings. Weirdly Claire never wants to go on any of the rides. She says when the time is right. Liz then notices her lemonade has turned black. Liz then spills it and it turns back.
Claire asks if she liked it. Liz says no. Claire says she said she wanted to see all her tricks. Liz says it’s ok she was just scared. She asks how she made the lemonade turn black. She’s seen magic tricks but not like that. Claire doesn’t respond. At the mall, Jessica tells Lila about what happened at the carnival. So, since they both agree to avoid the carnival, they decide to make Lila’s New Years Eve party carnival themed. They’ll have a Ferris Wheel, and bumper boats, and a fortune teller (Jessica isn’t so sure about that one). They then start making invitations.
Jessica wakes up that night (in the middle of the night) and hears a tapping sound (at the window). She then hears a gravelly man’s voice telling her to stay away. But when her parents look there’s no one out there. Her father says the wind must have blown the tree branches against the window and the wind must have been “the voice” she heard. They tell her it was just a nightmare. Liz returns to the carnival and wonders why she didn’t ask Claire where she lives. When she sees Claire (whose looking at her intently) she forgets.
Liz says she wants to play some games but she doesn’t have any tickets. Claire says to check her pockets. Five tickets are there. Liz questions how she does her tricks. Claire says lets just play. They can worry about the article another time. Liz tries to protest but no words come out. So, they head for the shooting gallery. Liz notices the man totally ignores Claire but she’s getting used to how the carnies treat her friend. Liz says she doesn’t know how to shoot, but amazingly she seems to be perfect at it and knocks down 3 ducks. She even hits a target she can barely see and wins a big stuffed teddy bear. Liz says she can’t believe it and Claire says there are a lot of stuff people don’t believe that they *should* believe.
Lila manipulates Jessica into being the fortune teller with a shimmery red dress that looks like Madame Z’s. That night, Liz seems distracted. She forgets its her night to set the table. Her mother mentions Liz made a new friend whose parents own the carnival. Mr. Wakefield says he thought he read in the paper it was owned by a big corporation out of Texas, but he could be mistaken. They guess that Claire might have a tutor. Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield say they should invite her to dinner. Liz says she might not can leave the carnival, but she does say she’ll ask. Jessica invites them both to the party. Liz says she doesn’t think so, but then when Jessica says it’s carnival-themed- Liz says maybe but don’t count on it. Jessica says she won’t.
Jessica later that night hears a noise when she’s in the bathroom. It sounds like a low-pitched moon. She goes into Liz’s room. Liz is sleep but moaning in her sleep. She says NO DON’T MAKE ME GO! Liz dreams that she’s falling and then ends up in a graveyard. She’s wearing an old dress. She sees a light and goes toward it. A ticket she has says BEWARE. She follows the light to a grave that says C. C. Then it says E. W. A skeleton says I declare CLAIRE CLAIRE CLARE.
When Jessica comes to her Liz can’t remember anything about the dream. The next morning, Liz invites Jessica to come with her to the carnival. Jessica says no way. It’s not about the fortune teller. She just.. feels like she should be careful. Jessica invites Liz to go shopping and Casey’s with her instead. Liz says she can’t. She’d like to but she can’t. She has to spend time with Claire. She needs her. Plus it’ll only be for a while longer. Lila comes by and gets on Jessica’s case about not finding a crystal ball or giving it any thought. Jessica says she doesn’t know if she can do it. Lila says just tell them what she *thinks* they want to hear.
Then they can jot down some fortunes they can tell people but after a while run out of things. Jessica suggest they give some bad ones. Lila says no just happy fortunes. Jessica remembers the fortune cookies at the restaurant and suggest they pull fortunes out of a bowl. Lila says it’s better than nothing. Liz invites Claire to dinner. She says she can’t leave the carnival. She’s not well. When Liz asks why, Claire suggests they go play. Liz’s mind blanks Claire tells Liz she’s so glad they’re friends but a lady suddenly shouts at her she’s nobody’s friend. It’s Madame Z.
She tells her she can’t do this. Claire tells her she can do what she wants. She’s the owners daughter and she should know what happens to people that try to stop her. She tells the woman to stay out of her way (tho she says she doesn’t scare her). Claire tells Liz that the lady isn’t really a fortune teller. She’s a fake. She’s been with the carnival since she was small but that doesn’t mind she gets to tell her what to do. She tells Liz don’t worry as long as she’s with her she’ll always be safe.
Liz comes home looking spacey. Her mother says maybe she should stay home. Liz agrees but her dad says she hasn’t seen much of her friends. It’ll do her some good. Lila is dressed like a good witch-which doesn’t really fit into the theme-. Of course, Lila’s party looks even better than the real carnival. She has game booths, bumper boats, and food. There’s a ferris wheel, a merry go round, and a haunted house. Ellen is over the haunted house. Belinda is a vampire. (The Unicorns are the only ones in costume). Lila shows her the haunted house and all the foods. Mark jumps out of the coffin and scares Liz (Ellen’s lil brother). Then she shows them where the fortunes will be read.
Liz tells her how Claire hates the fortune teller and about Claire’s tricks. They then go to the shooting gallery. Liz keeps thinking about Claire and how upset she must be. Amy tries to talk to Liz about the article. At first, she calls her Claire. Then she walks off. Amy then tries to talk to Jessica about it and asks if she thinks it has something to do with Claire. Jessica says she barely know her but the carnival will be leaving soon. Then she’ll probably be back to normal. Then she has to go read fortunes. There’s a fortune in the bowl about going bald that neither Lila or Jessica put in the bowl.
Liz is about to go to the carnival the next day but Jessica tells her the carnival is closed. It’s New Years Day. Liz becomes paniced and insists she has to see her every day. Jessica says she’s starting to think Claire’s taking over her mind. She tells her watch it or before she knows it she won’t have any friends. Her mom asks what Claire would like for dinner. Only Liz remembers asking her but not what she said. Her mom suggest she stay in she might have the flu. Liz insists she’s fine and doesn’t get what everyone keeps thinking she’s not. They try to wait for Claire but she doesn’t show. Mr. Wakefield says since she didn’t show up maybe it’s not a good idea for them to hang out. They aren’t saying that can’t spend time but they’d like to meet her.
Jessica awakes the next day to Liz and her mom arguing over Liz seeing Claire. Her mother says all she has to do is clean up her room. Her mom tells Jessica she’s worried about Liz and she lost her temper. Amy comes by and she tries to get Liz to come with her to interview a man for the Sixers. Liz tells her she doesn’t care about the Sixers, she can do what she wants, and to go away and leave her alone.
Amy takes Jessica to meet with Mr. Melman he designed the haunted house attraction about 10 years ago. The carnival’s old haunted house burned down one night. There were rumors of a local family being responsible. The son had been driven crazy by the haunted house. So, he got the contract to build a new haunted house. He says the corporation liked his low rates. It was a company down in Texas. He was happy at the time. He needed the work. Then he started to wonder about the place. As he begin to work on it he got a bad feeling. While he worked on it, he felt like something evil had moved in.
But it was more than a feeling. There was a tombstone. The Ghost part was the last thing he worked on. He carved RIP on the tombstone. To this day he swears that’s what he carved. Then one day C.C and dates appeared on the tomb. He says as he touched it a fear came over him. It wasn’t his fake tombstone. It was cold and granite (a real tombstone). Jessica then tells Liz but Liz says Amy’s just jealous of Claire and when Jessica says she agrees the carnival sounds fishy, Liz says she’s jealous too. Then she kicks her out her room. Lila comes by with a scarf on. She says she’s not taking it any chances tho Jessica tells her she’s taking the prank too serious.
Liz sneaks out on her bike to see Claire. Jessica goes after Liz and runs into a boy named Patrick that tells her he just saw a ghost while he was on the Ferris wheel. He heard a girl’s voice tell him hello. It called him by name and asked if he’d like to come and play. Then he saw something white standing mid-air. Jessica finds Liz and brings her home. That night, Jessica hears the tapping again and a skeleton’s shape appears in the window. She hears the voice and it says stay away. By the time, her parents get there it’s gone. Liz convinces her mother that she might have had a touch of the flu and she says Claire did too. That’s why she didn’t come to dinner.
Liz asks if she can visit Claire and invite them to dinner before the carnival leaves (the next day). Jessica finds out Steven is the one that wrote the prediction at Lila’s. Liz goes to the carnival even tho Jessica pleads with her not to. A man calls and tells Jessica the girl is in danger. Get her away from there or she’ll never see her on this side of the grave. The evil one is about to strike. Jessica tries to ask one of the employees if he’s seen Liz. She should be with Claire, the owner’s daughter. The man said the fair is owned by a corporation. He’s sure the manager doesn’t have a daughter. Then directs her to talk to Madame Z. Jessica heads to the haunted house. She wonders where to go vampires or ghosts. Someone tells her ghost but when she looks there’s no one there. She tries to go to vampires but the door is locked.
She sees a sheet floating in mid-air with dark eyes. Jessica runs into the man who called earlier (who was at the front of the haunted house) and he leads her to Madame Z. Madame Z says she’s just in time. She put the curse on her to keep her away from the carnival. She says she sent her fiancée to scare her. They found her address and he was the one that tapped on her window. She tells this story about Claire’s father who was injured in the circus and formed his own traveling carnival. The mother died. The father became cruel to the daughter and in time so did she. She snuck to the fair on her birthday and tried to jump from the ferris wheel but her dress caught and she died.
Her spirit never left. Some say she inhabited the haunted house. Madame Z saw her. Her ghost came to her when she was young and asked her to play. Madame Z thinks she’s the one whose been hanging out with Claire but she tells her it’s her sister. She says they have to find Liz. Claire can only be seen by her intended victims and over time she draws them further and futher into her world. She makes them forget their friends and family. She can even control their thoughts.
Claire tells Liz even tho the fair is leaving, they’ll still be able to play together because she’ll be going with her. Just leave it to her and do what she says. When she tries to say no. She gets dizzy. Then she gets her to go on the Ferris Wheel.
Madame Z and her fiancée let loose the ponies and one of them finds Claire. Madame Z says Liz will have to decide if she wants to stay with the living or join Claire. Jessica pulls herself up into Liz’s car. Madame Z offers Claire to take her instead but Claire says no. Liz is so in a haze, she doesn’t even recognize Jessica. Then Claire transforms into a skeleton. Liz comes to when Claire hurts Jessica and she starts to resist Claire. Then she finally sees her true form. With that Claire vanishes.
Rating: 6 This one wasn’t so bad. I liked that it lived up to it’s title and there was a REAL GHOST! The ending tho was a little… There was no big showdown between Claire and Liz and Jessica and Madame Z. Liz just refuses her and she vanishes. It could have given me a little more!
The Wakefields are at a Chinese restaurant. Jessica says she wishes she could see into the future as a waiter passes out fortune cookies to another family. Liz jokes that she can see Steven eating leftover Chinese food for breakfast. There’s a traveling carnival scheduled to open in Sweet Valley the next morning. Christmas has just passed and it’ll give the twins something to do the rest of winter break. Jessica wonders if the carnival will have a fortune teller. Steven says he heard they’ll have an amazing roller coaster. Liz says she heard they’ll have a really scary haunted house.
The twins get their fortune cookies. Jessica’s says “Vanity is your biggest weakness”. Liz’s says “Avoid high places if you don’t want to fall.” They pass the carnival on the way home. Several rides are already up. Jessica is excited when she sees the Ferris Whell. Because Jessica is bored-when they get home- Liz suggests riding their bikes down to the harbor and watch the carnival being set up. When they get there, Liz points out the entrance is shaped like a clown’s mouth.
Amy is there and has her notebook to write a story about the carnival for the Sixers. Then Jessica sees Lila with some of the other Unicorns and goes over to them. They walk around the fence and check out the other rides. Ellen is excited about the bumper cars, but Lila says the Tilt-a-Whirl is more for her. Jessica sees a tent that says “The Amazing Mademoiselle Z. The Future Revealed. Satisfaction Guaranteed.” Jessica says she was hoping there would be one. Lila says all fortune tellers are fake, but Jessica doesn’t care tomorrow she’ll pay Madame Z a visit.
The next morning, the twins each buy a ticket that will admit them to one ride or game. They first go to the haunted house. It’s guarded by a Frankenstein monster. Liz has the strangest feeling someone is watching her. When she looks there’s no one there. A skeleton drops in front of her and she screams and jumps back. The door swings open and inside there’s a room light in eerie bluish light. A coffin springs open and a skeleton pops out. Jessica is the one startled by this. Going down the hallway a witch drops from the ceiling and Jessica says it reminds her of Mrs. Arnette.
They come to a fork that says “Ghosts” over one door and “Vampires” over the other. They each take a different room. Jessica goes through the door for “Vampires”. Liz goes to the door marked “Ghost” and has the urge to run. Liz sees a girl in a white dress with dark hair that says her name is Claire. She tells her not to be afraid. She’s been through that room many times. Her father owns the circus. But when Liz follows her into the room, she’s vanished. Liz sees that the way out is through a grave. On it are the initials C.C and the dates 1882-1892.
When she makes it out, Jessica grabs her around the neck and causes her to shriek. Jessica says in the vampire room you have to exit through an open casket. Liz asks if she saw the girl who went before her but Jessica says she must have disappeared into thin air. Liz sees her and goes to talk to her leaving Jessica alone. Jessica can’t find any of the Unicorns and decides to go to Madame Z’s tent. Since Jessica doesn’t have a question prepared, Madame Z gives her a random fortune telling. She tells her (very vaguely) she sees good things for Jessica Wakefield. She sees a happy event that will happen very soon. And with that she kicks her out her tent.
When they get home, Mrs. Wakefield gives the twins and Steven the good news that they’ve decided to increase their allowance. Jessica is amazed! Madame Z’s prediction came true. Jessica talks her mom into letting her go back to the carnival that night. It’s opened late. So, Liz goes to hang out with Claire and Jessica’s taken some of the Unicorns. Lila has won a new Johnny Buck shirt after 8 tries on one of the booths. She convinces Lila to go with her to see Madame Z. The tent is guarded by a creepy, bald, man.
Lila makes the mistake of insulting her and calling her a fake. Madame Z says mark her words before the night is over, she’ll have a great misfortune. Lila shrugs it off and tells the others lets go. Jessica apologizes. Madame Z says to come see her again. Lila tries to pet a horse and it freaks out. She stumbles and knocks over a tent. Then she falls into the mud and gets her milkshake all over her new shirt. Jessica sees Liz and calls to her but she walks past like she didn’t hear her.
Elizabeth has gotten up early the next morning and didn’t even make her bed. She says she’ll be at the carnival all day. Lila calls and says she’s not going to the carnival. She wants Jessica to help her plan her New Years Eve. She says she’ll help her plan it tomorrow. She says fine but if she was her, she’d stay away from that stupid fortune teller. Jessica tells her actually that’ll be fhe first one she sees. When Jessica goes back to Madame Z, she tells her she will have no future if she continues to come to the carnival. Jessica knocks over her crystal ball. Then she kicks her out abruptly. Jessica runs but then forgets her back. She goes back for it and sees Liz. She calls out to Liz but she doesn’t hear. She’s talking to someone Liz doesn’t see.
When she catches her attention, Liz says she was talking to Claire (who Jessica didn’t see). Jessica tells her she’s cursed and she’s never going back to the carnival. Later, Jessica tells Liz about the weird things Amy heard about the carnival. While showing Liz how she’s cleaned up, she says a man out the window with a black hat and rain coat. The next morning, Liz goes back to the carnival. She sees Julie there and offers to introduce her to Claire. Julie all of a sudden starts to looks terrified and says she has to go home but can’t say why. Then she sees Claire.
She tells her about Julie but Claire insists she’ll be fine. She says she wanted to introduce her to Julie so she’d have another friend. She says she has Liz and they’ll be friends forever. She offers to show Liz some secret places. She shows her a secret entrance to the fun house. Then she shows them some kids in two-way mirrors. The kids can’t see them but they can see the kids. They see Caroline and Elise Jennings. Weirdly Claire never wants to go on any of the rides. She says when the time is right. Liz then notices her lemonade has turned black. Liz then spills it and it turns back.
Claire asks if she liked it. Liz says no. Claire says she said she wanted to see all her tricks. Liz says it’s ok she was just scared. She asks how she made the lemonade turn black. She’s seen magic tricks but not like that. Claire doesn’t respond. At the mall, Jessica tells Lila about what happened at the carnival. So, since they both agree to avoid the carnival, they decide to make Lila’s New Years Eve party carnival themed. They’ll have a Ferris Wheel, and bumper boats, and a fortune teller (Jessica isn’t so sure about that one). They then start making invitations.
Jessica wakes up that night (in the middle of the night) and hears a tapping sound (at the window). She then hears a gravelly man’s voice telling her to stay away. But when her parents look there’s no one out there. Her father says the wind must have blown the tree branches against the window and the wind must have been “the voice” she heard. They tell her it was just a nightmare. Liz returns to the carnival and wonders why she didn’t ask Claire where she lives. When she sees Claire (whose looking at her intently) she forgets.
Liz says she wants to play some games but she doesn’t have any tickets. Claire says to check her pockets. Five tickets are there. Liz questions how she does her tricks. Claire says lets just play. They can worry about the article another time. Liz tries to protest but no words come out. So, they head for the shooting gallery. Liz notices the man totally ignores Claire but she’s getting used to how the carnies treat her friend. Liz says she doesn’t know how to shoot, but amazingly she seems to be perfect at it and knocks down 3 ducks. She even hits a target she can barely see and wins a big stuffed teddy bear. Liz says she can’t believe it and Claire says there are a lot of stuff people don’t believe that they *should* believe.
Lila manipulates Jessica into being the fortune teller with a shimmery red dress that looks like Madame Z’s. That night, Liz seems distracted. She forgets its her night to set the table. Her mother mentions Liz made a new friend whose parents own the carnival. Mr. Wakefield says he thought he read in the paper it was owned by a big corporation out of Texas, but he could be mistaken. They guess that Claire might have a tutor. Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield say they should invite her to dinner. Liz says she might not can leave the carnival, but she does say she’ll ask. Jessica invites them both to the party. Liz says she doesn’t think so, but then when Jessica says it’s carnival-themed- Liz says maybe but don’t count on it. Jessica says she won’t.
Jessica later that night hears a noise when she’s in the bathroom. It sounds like a low-pitched moon. She goes into Liz’s room. Liz is sleep but moaning in her sleep. She says NO DON’T MAKE ME GO! Liz dreams that she’s falling and then ends up in a graveyard. She’s wearing an old dress. She sees a light and goes toward it. A ticket she has says BEWARE. She follows the light to a grave that says C. C. Then it says E. W. A skeleton says I declare CLAIRE CLAIRE CLARE.
When Jessica comes to her Liz can’t remember anything about the dream. The next morning, Liz invites Jessica to come with her to the carnival. Jessica says no way. It’s not about the fortune teller. She just.. feels like she should be careful. Jessica invites Liz to go shopping and Casey’s with her instead. Liz says she can’t. She’d like to but she can’t. She has to spend time with Claire. She needs her. Plus it’ll only be for a while longer. Lila comes by and gets on Jessica’s case about not finding a crystal ball or giving it any thought. Jessica says she doesn’t know if she can do it. Lila says just tell them what she *thinks* they want to hear.
Then they can jot down some fortunes they can tell people but after a while run out of things. Jessica suggest they give some bad ones. Lila says no just happy fortunes. Jessica remembers the fortune cookies at the restaurant and suggest they pull fortunes out of a bowl. Lila says it’s better than nothing. Liz invites Claire to dinner. She says she can’t leave the carnival. She’s not well. When Liz asks why, Claire suggests they go play. Liz’s mind blanks Claire tells Liz she’s so glad they’re friends but a lady suddenly shouts at her she’s nobody’s friend. It’s Madame Z.
She tells her she can’t do this. Claire tells her she can do what she wants. She’s the owners daughter and she should know what happens to people that try to stop her. She tells the woman to stay out of her way (tho she says she doesn’t scare her). Claire tells Liz that the lady isn’t really a fortune teller. She’s a fake. She’s been with the carnival since she was small but that doesn’t mind she gets to tell her what to do. She tells Liz don’t worry as long as she’s with her she’ll always be safe.
Liz comes home looking spacey. Her mother says maybe she should stay home. Liz agrees but her dad says she hasn’t seen much of her friends. It’ll do her some good. Lila is dressed like a good witch-which doesn’t really fit into the theme-. Of course, Lila’s party looks even better than the real carnival. She has game booths, bumper boats, and food. There’s a ferris wheel, a merry go round, and a haunted house. Ellen is over the haunted house. Belinda is a vampire. (The Unicorns are the only ones in costume). Lila shows her the haunted house and all the foods. Mark jumps out of the coffin and scares Liz (Ellen’s lil brother). Then she shows them where the fortunes will be read.
Liz tells her how Claire hates the fortune teller and about Claire’s tricks. They then go to the shooting gallery. Liz keeps thinking about Claire and how upset she must be. Amy tries to talk to Liz about the article. At first, she calls her Claire. Then she walks off. Amy then tries to talk to Jessica about it and asks if she thinks it has something to do with Claire. Jessica says she barely know her but the carnival will be leaving soon. Then she’ll probably be back to normal. Then she has to go read fortunes. There’s a fortune in the bowl about going bald that neither Lila or Jessica put in the bowl.
Liz is about to go to the carnival the next day but Jessica tells her the carnival is closed. It’s New Years Day. Liz becomes paniced and insists she has to see her every day. Jessica says she’s starting to think Claire’s taking over her mind. She tells her watch it or before she knows it she won’t have any friends. Her mom asks what Claire would like for dinner. Only Liz remembers asking her but not what she said. Her mom suggest she stay in she might have the flu. Liz insists she’s fine and doesn’t get what everyone keeps thinking she’s not. They try to wait for Claire but she doesn’t show. Mr. Wakefield says since she didn’t show up maybe it’s not a good idea for them to hang out. They aren’t saying that can’t spend time but they’d like to meet her.
Jessica awakes the next day to Liz and her mom arguing over Liz seeing Claire. Her mother says all she has to do is clean up her room. Her mom tells Jessica she’s worried about Liz and she lost her temper. Amy comes by and she tries to get Liz to come with her to interview a man for the Sixers. Liz tells her she doesn’t care about the Sixers, she can do what she wants, and to go away and leave her alone.
Amy takes Jessica to meet with Mr. Melman he designed the haunted house attraction about 10 years ago. The carnival’s old haunted house burned down one night. There were rumors of a local family being responsible. The son had been driven crazy by the haunted house. So, he got the contract to build a new haunted house. He says the corporation liked his low rates. It was a company down in Texas. He was happy at the time. He needed the work. Then he started to wonder about the place. As he begin to work on it he got a bad feeling. While he worked on it, he felt like something evil had moved in.
But it was more than a feeling. There was a tombstone. The Ghost part was the last thing he worked on. He carved RIP on the tombstone. To this day he swears that’s what he carved. Then one day C.C and dates appeared on the tomb. He says as he touched it a fear came over him. It wasn’t his fake tombstone. It was cold and granite (a real tombstone). Jessica then tells Liz but Liz says Amy’s just jealous of Claire and when Jessica says she agrees the carnival sounds fishy, Liz says she’s jealous too. Then she kicks her out her room. Lila comes by with a scarf on. She says she’s not taking it any chances tho Jessica tells her she’s taking the prank too serious.
Liz sneaks out on her bike to see Claire. Jessica goes after Liz and runs into a boy named Patrick that tells her he just saw a ghost while he was on the Ferris wheel. He heard a girl’s voice tell him hello. It called him by name and asked if he’d like to come and play. Then he saw something white standing mid-air. Jessica finds Liz and brings her home. That night, Jessica hears the tapping again and a skeleton’s shape appears in the window. She hears the voice and it says stay away. By the time, her parents get there it’s gone. Liz convinces her mother that she might have had a touch of the flu and she says Claire did too. That’s why she didn’t come to dinner.
Liz asks if she can visit Claire and invite them to dinner before the carnival leaves (the next day). Jessica finds out Steven is the one that wrote the prediction at Lila’s. Liz goes to the carnival even tho Jessica pleads with her not to. A man calls and tells Jessica the girl is in danger. Get her away from there or she’ll never see her on this side of the grave. The evil one is about to strike. Jessica tries to ask one of the employees if he’s seen Liz. She should be with Claire, the owner’s daughter. The man said the fair is owned by a corporation. He’s sure the manager doesn’t have a daughter. Then directs her to talk to Madame Z. Jessica heads to the haunted house. She wonders where to go vampires or ghosts. Someone tells her ghost but when she looks there’s no one there. She tries to go to vampires but the door is locked.
She sees a sheet floating in mid-air with dark eyes. Jessica runs into the man who called earlier (who was at the front of the haunted house) and he leads her to Madame Z. Madame Z says she’s just in time. She put the curse on her to keep her away from the carnival. She says she sent her fiancée to scare her. They found her address and he was the one that tapped on her window. She tells this story about Claire’s father who was injured in the circus and formed his own traveling carnival. The mother died. The father became cruel to the daughter and in time so did she. She snuck to the fair on her birthday and tried to jump from the ferris wheel but her dress caught and she died.
Her spirit never left. Some say she inhabited the haunted house. Madame Z saw her. Her ghost came to her when she was young and asked her to play. Madame Z thinks she’s the one whose been hanging out with Claire but she tells her it’s her sister. She says they have to find Liz. Claire can only be seen by her intended victims and over time she draws them further and futher into her world. She makes them forget their friends and family. She can even control their thoughts.
Claire tells Liz even tho the fair is leaving, they’ll still be able to play together because she’ll be going with her. Just leave it to her and do what she says. When she tries to say no. She gets dizzy. Then she gets her to go on the Ferris Wheel.
Madame Z and her fiancée let loose the ponies and one of them finds Claire. Madame Z says Liz will have to decide if she wants to stay with the living or join Claire. Jessica pulls herself up into Liz’s car. Madame Z offers Claire to take her instead but Claire says no. Liz is so in a haze, she doesn’t even recognize Jessica. Then Claire transforms into a skeleton. Liz comes to when Claire hurts Jessica and she starts to resist Claire. Then she finally sees her true form. With that Claire vanishes.
Rating: 6 This one wasn’t so bad. I liked that it lived up to it’s title and there was a REAL GHOST! The ending tho was a little… There was no big showdown between Claire and Liz and Jessica and Madame Z. Liz just refuses her and she vanishes. It could have given me a little more!
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February 15, 2020
When a traveling carnival arrives in Sweet Valley over winter break, twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are excited. Elizabeth is looking forward to the haunted house, and Jessica can’t wait to visit the fortune teller. When Elizabeth befriends the carnival owner’s daughter, Claire, strange things start happening. Elizabeth isn’t acting like herself; she skips her chores, snaps at her friends, and insists on spending all her time at the carnival with Claire. Jessica worries that her twin is in danger, and she might be the only one who can stop it. Trigger warnings: death/child death, (possible?) severe injury, threats.
I loved this series when I was a kid, and this was one of my most-read titles, checked out of the library again and again because even in a world of sunny California with perfect twins with perfect lives, I still went for the horror. It doesn’t hold up as well as some, but I suspect that’s less to do with the series as a whole and more to do with the fact that I’m well outside the middle grade audience now. The story doesn’t come to vivid life in my head as well as it did at nine years old, sitting on the stairs for hours with my nose in a Sweet Valley book.
Mainly, it comes down to the writing and the structure, and I can’t help feeling the book would have been spookier if more of it were told from Elizabeth’s perspective instead of from Jessica’s, watching her from the sidelines. The dialogue is also fairly stilted; they say each others’ names in conversations well more than ordinary people ever do (I don’t think I’ve ever said someone’s name that much in my entire life). It also skates by some things I wish we got to see more of, like Lila’s elaborate carnival party. However, there are a handful of moments that stood out vividly in my memory even after twenty years, and some scenes are quite scary, ghosts, skeletons, and melting faces among them. The end confrontation is creepy and compelling, and I enjoyed the ride. Beware the Ferris Wheel.
I review regularly at brightbeautifulthings.tumblr.com.
I loved this series when I was a kid, and this was one of my most-read titles, checked out of the library again and again because even in a world of sunny California with perfect twins with perfect lives, I still went for the horror. It doesn’t hold up as well as some, but I suspect that’s less to do with the series as a whole and more to do with the fact that I’m well outside the middle grade audience now. The story doesn’t come to vivid life in my head as well as it did at nine years old, sitting on the stairs for hours with my nose in a Sweet Valley book.
Mainly, it comes down to the writing and the structure, and I can’t help feeling the book would have been spookier if more of it were told from Elizabeth’s perspective instead of from Jessica’s, watching her from the sidelines. The dialogue is also fairly stilted; they say each others’ names in conversations well more than ordinary people ever do (I don’t think I’ve ever said someone’s name that much in my entire life). It also skates by some things I wish we got to see more of, like Lila’s elaborate carnival party. However, there are a handful of moments that stood out vividly in my memory even after twenty years, and some scenes are quite scary, ghosts, skeletons, and melting faces among them. The end confrontation is creepy and compelling, and I enjoyed the ride. Beware the Ferris Wheel.
I review regularly at brightbeautifulthings.tumblr.com.
February 12, 2022
I remember loving this book as a teenager. It was safely “scary.” It’s been a while since I read most of the Sweet Valley books, but I believe the Carnival Ghost was my favorite. It might have been the first “scary” book I ever read
July 22, 2018
One of the first teen horror books I ever read, and pretty much enjoyed it as one the more serious scarier and disturbing, even darker, teen horror story, compared to others I had read at the time (like really long time ago). This is a haunted-carnival and ghost-stalker story rolled into one. If you're a fan of the indie game Five Nights At Freddy's, you could grasp the kind of intention the ghost in this story has. And the intentions are sinister.
The Winter Carnival comes to town, and the Wakefield twin sisters go to the carnival to have some fun. Elizabeth meets a girl from the carnival named Claire. Jessica meets a fortune teller, who warns her that her life was in danger. As it turns out, the fortune teller saw someone who looks like Jessica, whose life was in grave danger. As it turns out, Elizabeth's personality has changed and that she always wants to spend time hanging out with Claire. Jessica learns the scary truth about Claire - that she's actually a ghost.
One scary scene I remembered from this book (and I mean this in the creepypasta sense of the word) was when Jessica met the guy who designed the carnival's haunted house, and this is important as that was where Elizabeth first met Claire. He told Jessica how uncomfortable he was when he was designing the haunted house, and that he got downright scared. Not only did the designer designed the haunted house and everything in it, but he also remembers what was it that he was designing, and that excludes the initials CC, which was on the tombstone.
Fans of ghost stories, evil ghosts, teen horror or something out of creepypasta, would be able to enjoy this book. I could have imagined this book as one of those teen horror books made into a TV movie, by Walt Disney, (and I am talking about back then).
The Winter Carnival comes to town, and the Wakefield twin sisters go to the carnival to have some fun. Elizabeth meets a girl from the carnival named Claire. Jessica meets a fortune teller, who warns her that her life was in danger. As it turns out, the fortune teller saw someone who looks like Jessica, whose life was in grave danger. As it turns out, Elizabeth's personality has changed and that she always wants to spend time hanging out with Claire. Jessica learns the scary truth about Claire - that she's actually a ghost.
One scary scene I remembered from this book (and I mean this in the creepypasta sense of the word) was when Jessica met the guy who designed the carnival's haunted house, and this is important as that was where Elizabeth first met Claire. He told Jessica how uncomfortable he was when he was designing the haunted house, and that he got downright scared. Not only did the designer designed the haunted house and everything in it, but he also remembers what was it that he was designing, and that excludes the initials CC, which was on the tombstone.
Fans of ghost stories, evil ghosts, teen horror or something out of creepypasta, would be able to enjoy this book. I could have imagined this book as one of those teen horror books made into a TV movie, by Walt Disney, (and I am talking about back then).
May 23, 2022
this book scared me as a kid Lol This one is about a traveling carnival that comes to town and the twins can't wait to go. But their excitement is short lived. When they arrive, they separate in the Funhouse and that's where Elizabeth meet a strange young girl named Claire. She then starts going to the carnival every day to spend time with her new, mysterious friend and begins acting very strangely. Almost as if she's under a spell. Jessica is warned to stay away from the carnival by a fortune teller who tells her she will have no future if she doesn't ,but she knows she must return to save her sister from whatever evil is going on there.Great book with lots of chills and suspense! So glad I was able to find it again.
September 30, 2023
My mother bought me this book when I was a young girl because I was addicted to the "Babysitter's Club" and "Sweet Valley Twins" at this stage of my life. I loved this book then, and it honestly was one of my favourites (I re-read it multiple times then, too). I stumbled upon it again today and had to re-read it one more time; and 33 years later, it's still great. It's nice to go down memory lane and dust off the oldies but goodies. I may re-read a couple more.
June 25, 2017
sweet n scary
October 10, 2018
I actually remember the entire plot of this after two decades and I remember rereading this many a times - so much so that the book almost fell apart. For that alone this deserves a 5 star rating.
December 23, 2019
I barely remembered this one, but it’s fantastically insane and I loved every minute of it.
January 16, 2022
23 years later i still get goosebumps over this
August 26, 2022
Read in 2002. Wow what a throwback. I read this book so many times. I didn’t know there was a whole series of like 70 books following these twins lol, that’s pretty cool.
February 18, 2025
It incredible🥰🥰
October 27, 2025
Fun, easy read. Again, in honor of my childhood.
December 23, 2025
get ready for my reminiscing of all the sweet valley books I think I owned and read as a child as a ted talk I'm giving to my fiancé on how incredible the series was to my development
June 28, 2015
I've always been a huge fan of Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High. Like, a huge fan. It was the first time I realized that characters could carry over from book to book and I was swept away by it. Especially because each book would end with a preview of the next book including some sort of tagline with a question THAT I NEEDED ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY!!!
I eventually and sadly outgrew the books. I sold my whole collection at a garage sale a long time ago. But I'm putting this title on my Goodreads shelf because it was so creepy. I'd read it over and over just to scare myself.
I eventually and sadly outgrew the books. I sold my whole collection at a garage sale a long time ago. But I'm putting this title on my Goodreads shelf because it was so creepy. I'd read it over and over just to scare myself.
August 19, 2008
The Winter Carnival has come to Sweet Valley!!! Elizabeth, Jessica, and their friends were super excited about it, at least, for a while! After a walk through the fun house, it was like Elizabeth have changed, and Jessica, their friends, and their family are worried about it.
What was it about the carnival that had put Elizabeth under a spell? Will Jessica be able to rescue her sister? That is when you need to read the book! :-)
What was it about the carnival that had put Elizabeth under a spell? Will Jessica be able to rescue her sister? That is when you need to read the book! :-)
January 10, 2008
I read Sweet Valley Twins and Sweet Valley High as a kid, but this one sticks in my head, as I remember it really scaring me...hmm...I tend to stay away from ghost stories now...I wonder why!
April 29, 2009
Oh man, I was obsessed with this one. Loved the ghost story! So brilliantly creepy. :D
October 24, 2010
I was always a sucker for the super chillers and the other specials. They made me so happy when I saw that a new one was scheduled to come out.
January 15, 2011
Pretty creepy for a kids book!! I got goosebumps the first time I read it.
September 26, 2011
veryyyyyy spooky and seriously really scary!!
The sweet valley series isnt just for girls or kids. its for everyone because the series has everything!
The sweet valley series isnt just for girls or kids. its for everyone because the series has everything!
October 23, 2012
I remember being really creeped out by this as a kid, in a delicious way. One of my favorite ghost stories.
October 30, 2012
I read it many times! It's really interesting ..
June 22, 2013
I remember the cover just not the story.
October 23, 2013
Damn, I remember thinking this book was so creepy as a kid.
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