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Wicked Odd: Still More Stories to Chill the Heart
From America's #1 horror author for young adults (9-18). 4th in Stories to Chill the Heart series. Oddest Yet won horror's highest prize, the 2004 Bram Stoker Award (tie with Clive Barker's Abarat), Even Odder was 2003 Bram Stoker Nominee (runner-up to JK Rowling's Harry Potter), Odd Lot won silver Ben Franklin for y.a. horror/mystery/suspense and ForeWord's Honorable Mention for Best Horror Book 2001.Popular school author-visitor.
- GenresHorrorShort Stories
144 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2006
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March 5, 2008
I did the illustrations. :)
July 17, 2017
An enjoyable selection of short ghost/horror stories.
April 17, 2018
NOTE: This is more of a review of Chill the Heart series as a whole.
When I was a kid, I believe in 6th grade, my parents had taken me to either The Big E or some expo/fair and Steve Burt was there presenting his Odd Lot series. I believe he had just written the fourth novel and he was talking about the series to my mother and I. Since I was getting into horror novels and we like to support New England authors, my mother decided to get them all. (Now as I write this review, I will say this is more a reminiscent review as I remember the feeling reading it.) This series is a fantastic way to start off kids into the realm of horror. Feels a bit more mature than Goosebumps but with everything written as short stories it is a good taste. I forget which one it was, but I was reading it in my math class while we had a short break and I was so into the book that a classmate had to throw a book at me to snap out of it; my teacher and all the students had been nearly yelling my name but I didn't even realize it. That is an awesome story because it truly shows the magic of reading. Like any short story collection some stand out more than others, but overall they were great. Even Odder was perhaps the best, Odd Lot was second to it and Oddest Yet and Wicked Odd were great too. In the future I expect to reread them so an updated review may happen then; I wouldn't be surprised if I introduce this to my children down the line too.
When I was a kid, I believe in 6th grade, my parents had taken me to either The Big E or some expo/fair and Steve Burt was there presenting his Odd Lot series. I believe he had just written the fourth novel and he was talking about the series to my mother and I. Since I was getting into horror novels and we like to support New England authors, my mother decided to get them all. (Now as I write this review, I will say this is more a reminiscent review as I remember the feeling reading it.) This series is a fantastic way to start off kids into the realm of horror. Feels a bit more mature than Goosebumps but with everything written as short stories it is a good taste. I forget which one it was, but I was reading it in my math class while we had a short break and I was so into the book that a classmate had to throw a book at me to snap out of it; my teacher and all the students had been nearly yelling my name but I didn't even realize it. That is an awesome story because it truly shows the magic of reading. Like any short story collection some stand out more than others, but overall they were great. Even Odder was perhaps the best, Odd Lot was second to it and Oddest Yet and Wicked Odd were great too. In the future I expect to reread them so an updated review may happen then; I wouldn't be surprised if I introduce this to my children down the line too.
October 19, 2014
Honorable mention for 2005 Independent Publisher Awards (Ippies) for Best Young Adult collection in any genre. 6 stories. Author also won the 2004 Bram Stoker Award for Oddest Yet collection, was a 2003 Stoker Nominee/Finalist for Even Odder collection, 2001 Ben Franklin Mystery/Suspense silver medalist for Odd Lot, and 2010 Beach Book of the Year winner for novel, FreeK Camp (paranormal thriller).
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