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Tales from the Scaremaster #3
Clone Camp!
Clones on the loose spell double trouble at camp in the third book in a spooky new series that's Goosebumps meets Wayside School Kaitlyn and Noah are arch-enemies at their summer camp, and with good reason. They are rivals in everything, and both are determined to come out on top. But when they suddenly start to see double and it turns out that their camp counselors have doppelgangers running amok, they have to work together to get to the bottom of the strangely replicating counselors and save their camp from the Scaremaster--who seems to be pulling the strings from inside the pages of his creepy book. Will Kaitlyn and Noah learn that it takes two to outwit the Scaremaster and save their campmates, or will the clones win this round? For fans of Goosebumps, Eerie Elementary, and the Haunted Library series, B.A. Frade brings frightfully funny tales to life in this thrilling new series.
176 pages, Paperback
Published January 24, 2017
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January 22, 2018
Noah is the prankster of Camp Redwood Vines, and Kaitlin is a by the book rule follower who wants to be an investigative reporter. Unfortunately, Noah's most recent prank - and Kaitlin's investigation - has landed them both in KP for three days. Noah accepts his punishment with grace, but Kaitlin is a bit miffed at being included.
When they report for their first KP meal, they meet someone new in the kitchen: a mysterious dark haired woman with color shifting eyes and an obsession with organization. When she sends them to the dumpster to organize the trash bags, Kaitlin comes across an old leather book with deep scratches in the cover. She opens it to find the words "Tales from the Scaremaster. Once upon a time, there was a boy named Noah . . . ". Shortly thereafter, strange things start happening at camp. Does the Scaremaster exist, or is this just another one of Noah's pranks?
I really enjoyed this book. I didn't realize it was the third in a series when I pulled it off the shelf, but it reads just fine as a standalone. Think Goosebumps for the new generation. It was delightfully creepy, but not overly scary. Definitely a good choice for kids who enjoy stories of suspense and creepy happenings.
When they report for their first KP meal, they meet someone new in the kitchen: a mysterious dark haired woman with color shifting eyes and an obsession with organization. When she sends them to the dumpster to organize the trash bags, Kaitlin comes across an old leather book with deep scratches in the cover. She opens it to find the words "Tales from the Scaremaster. Once upon a time, there was a boy named Noah . . . ". Shortly thereafter, strange things start happening at camp. Does the Scaremaster exist, or is this just another one of Noah's pranks?
I really enjoyed this book. I didn't realize it was the third in a series when I pulled it off the shelf, but it reads just fine as a standalone. Think Goosebumps for the new generation. It was delightfully creepy, but not overly scary. Definitely a good choice for kids who enjoy stories of suspense and creepy happenings.
April 20, 2021
This book for me was really good even though it was a little crazy, but I still loved it.
July 31, 2024
Welcome to the grand finale to my camp marathon, round 3. This time the twitter voters went with a trip back to Tales from the Scaremaster. I read one earlier this year and found it to be very middling. It had a fair concept kinda ruined by having to literally involve a scare master which made it overly complicated.
I was interested to see if this camp entry was better so let’s see if it is. Katie Wong is at Camp Redwood where she gets an enemy in the form of Noah, a prankster with tree hugger parents. They get stuck together with kitchen duty after she sneaks out to stop one of his pranks.
They find an odd book called Tales from the Scaremaster, which tells them a story about trouble that is just starting. Then odd things happen, with the once nice counselors doing weird things like basically turning the place into a factory, making the kids work. They figure out what is going on, as the scare master may have plans up his sleeve.
This was a solid step up from Vampire Weekend. Scaremaster is heavily involved which was a shame at first but it’s used better here. Logic is still spotty but they prove to be a bigger threat as everything that happens for their gain. It’s a larger scale story which works for some creepy moments. In the other one, it was a normal plot that Mx. Master is shoved into.
Katie and Noah have good chemistry as they grow to bond as friends and there’s enough charm in here. Pacing is steady enough and writing is fair. There are these extra friends they again who are like but they just kind of randomly become important, it’s weird. The climax is a bit anti climatic, while we’re on flaws.
The camp setting is nothing too special here, it’s mostly just there. It’s more of a mild good but it did work better than the first one I read. It flows well and it was generally fun. Basic for sure, but the large scale makes it work. Nothing too special but had enough charm to make it enjoyable. I wish the series didn’t need the literal scare master but it at least used it well.
This one again has a little cliffhanger with the first part of the next book being an epilogue here, which is sneaky. Overall, not the biggest finale for our thing but not a bad one.
That ends Camp Marathon 3. Overall, this might be our most solid batch yet. We tended to get old favorites vs new stuff but it did result in mostly solid books. More ones I can remember this time, which is good. A few middling good ones but mostly solid stuff. Here’s my ranking:
A Pocket Full of Frogs
Evil at Camp Star
Clone Camp
Camp Zombie
The Dinosaur that Followed me Home
We Three
Camp Murderface
Tales too Scary to Tell at Camp
Bigfoot, Big Trouble
So yeah, mostly horror which meant fun times. I’m not leaving it at 3, I will keep doing these for as long as I can so check in next June when we do it all again. Sorry I didn’t read much outside of these, i should have more time and get out of this slump soon enough lol. Next we’ve got our ripoff round we already started on along with some misc ideas and a Fear Street trilogy review.
May as well bust out the wheel to see which ripoff series we tackle next, as we already started anyway. It would be funny if I got another camp one as a couple still have one. Well it picked Deadtime stories and with only two left (Plz put up Farie Tale and Tiny Town 2) I just flipped a online coin and looks like we have Beast of Baskerville, see ya then.
I was interested to see if this camp entry was better so let’s see if it is. Katie Wong is at Camp Redwood where she gets an enemy in the form of Noah, a prankster with tree hugger parents. They get stuck together with kitchen duty after she sneaks out to stop one of his pranks.
They find an odd book called Tales from the Scaremaster, which tells them a story about trouble that is just starting. Then odd things happen, with the once nice counselors doing weird things like basically turning the place into a factory, making the kids work. They figure out what is going on, as the scare master may have plans up his sleeve.
This was a solid step up from Vampire Weekend. Scaremaster is heavily involved which was a shame at first but it’s used better here. Logic is still spotty but they prove to be a bigger threat as everything that happens for their gain. It’s a larger scale story which works for some creepy moments. In the other one, it was a normal plot that Mx. Master is shoved into.
Katie and Noah have good chemistry as they grow to bond as friends and there’s enough charm in here. Pacing is steady enough and writing is fair. There are these extra friends they again who are like but they just kind of randomly become important, it’s weird. The climax is a bit anti climatic, while we’re on flaws.
The camp setting is nothing too special here, it’s mostly just there. It’s more of a mild good but it did work better than the first one I read. It flows well and it was generally fun. Basic for sure, but the large scale makes it work. Nothing too special but had enough charm to make it enjoyable. I wish the series didn’t need the literal scare master but it at least used it well.
This one again has a little cliffhanger with the first part of the next book being an epilogue here, which is sneaky. Overall, not the biggest finale for our thing but not a bad one.
That ends Camp Marathon 3. Overall, this might be our most solid batch yet. We tended to get old favorites vs new stuff but it did result in mostly solid books. More ones I can remember this time, which is good. A few middling good ones but mostly solid stuff. Here’s my ranking:
A Pocket Full of Frogs
Evil at Camp Star
Clone Camp
Camp Zombie
The Dinosaur that Followed me Home
We Three
Camp Murderface
Tales too Scary to Tell at Camp
Bigfoot, Big Trouble
So yeah, mostly horror which meant fun times. I’m not leaving it at 3, I will keep doing these for as long as I can so check in next June when we do it all again. Sorry I didn’t read much outside of these, i should have more time and get out of this slump soon enough lol. Next we’ve got our ripoff round we already started on along with some misc ideas and a Fear Street trilogy review.
May as well bust out the wheel to see which ripoff series we tackle next, as we already started anyway. It would be funny if I got another camp one as a couple still have one. Well it picked Deadtime stories and with only two left (Plz put up Farie Tale and Tiny Town 2) I just flipped a online coin and looks like we have Beast of Baskerville, see ya then.
July 8, 2020
Kaitlin and Noah are enemies. But they'll have to work together to stop the ScareMaster!
I loved this book! ❤ It was so good and I finished it in 2 days! It's creepy but not too creepy. I think everybody should read this book. And its a series!
I loved this book! ❤ It was so good and I finished it in 2 days! It's creepy but not too creepy. I think everybody should read this book. And its a series!
July 14, 2018
The Scaremaster is pretty creepy and this is a fun series. The writing quality is a bit more literary than Goosebumps but not much more difficult. I hope this will catch on.
March 18, 2021
I enjoyed this book. My 12 year old son enjoyed this book. The ending has me wanting to read the rest of the series. You know you have a good author/series when you can jump in anywhere in the series and still enjoy the story and understand what is going on.
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