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Ghosts of Fear Street #29
Tale of the Blue Monkey
Amanda and Danny's babysitter tells them a scary story about a blue monkey that brings a curse to an entire family, but when they find the monkey buried in their backyard they begin to think the curse is now on them
112 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1998
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R.L. Stine
1,679 books18.6k followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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June 15, 2022
My second Ghosts of Fear Street book, and it was pretty decent, I liked it about as much as How To Be A Vampire.
The story closely follows that of It Came From Beneath The Sink from the original Goosebumps series. A cursed object, in this case, a blue toy monkey, brings bad luck upon its owners.
This was a familiar (and even predictable) story but still a fun read. It doesn't go nearly as deep as some of the other Stine books in this niche plotline (i.e., Locker 13 and Birthday Party of No Return), and it feels a bit more kiddish/cartoonish than those; perhaps Winfrey's contribution aids in this sort of generic and formulaic structure. There wasn't much to it that stood out for me, but all the same it's straightforward enough and follows Stine's style of storytelling to where it's still enjoyable.
Overall, about on par with my previous GoFS read, probably a 2.5⭐
Could round it up to a 3 if rating among other middle grade horror. I tend to "pad" or "curve" my ratings a little bit when it comes to children's books like these.
The story closely follows that of It Came From Beneath The Sink from the original Goosebumps series. A cursed object, in this case, a blue toy monkey, brings bad luck upon its owners.
This was a familiar (and even predictable) story but still a fun read. It doesn't go nearly as deep as some of the other Stine books in this niche plotline (i.e., Locker 13 and Birthday Party of No Return), and it feels a bit more kiddish/cartoonish than those; perhaps Winfrey's contribution aids in this sort of generic and formulaic structure. There wasn't much to it that stood out for me, but all the same it's straightforward enough and follows Stine's style of storytelling to where it's still enjoyable.
Overall, about on par with my previous GoFS read, probably a 2.5⭐
Could round it up to a 3 if rating among other middle grade horror. I tend to "pad" or "curve" my ratings a little bit when it comes to children's books like these.
March 20, 2024
The Tale Of The Blue Monkey from the Ghosts Of Fear Street series is a book I was excited for.The story starts with two kids Amanda and Daniel ,who are being babysat by their babysitter named Bess.The kids seem to enjoy her company.Shes always making delicious desserts and she tells spooky stories.The story she tells tonight is a book about this little girl who steals a toy monkey from this toymaker who apparently lived across the street from there very own house.It turns out the little girl lived in this very house that the kids live in.When the girl stole the monkey The owner basically gave it to her and claimed she was doomed.The reason she gave it to the little girl was because if the monkey is given away it apparently is cursed so it makes bad things happen.But the only way this works is if the monkey is given as a gift.The bad things that happen also start off gradually.The kids are pretty intrigued at this but are startled when a creepy guy pops up at there doorstep.The guy is no harm though as he's just Omar their landscaper who tells the kids he's still trying to get gophers for the kids' dad.The kids return their focus to the monkey and go looking and Daniel ends up tripping over one of the gopher holes finding the monkey inside a box in the process.After this the Monkey curse stuff begins.While Amanda is sleeping she feels something tighten around her neck and it's her blanket and she finds the monkey beside her on her pillow.Amanda ends up coming home and finding her shampoo spilled that looks like blood.She also finds her art project destroyed.I also think she stubs her toe or something minor.All of these end up just being her brother though.And I was pretty disappointed with that.But more happens.The two kids end up Locked in a room with the monkey and decide this thing is the real deal.So they have to find the answers to stop this thing.The Tale Of The Blue Monkey was pretty mediocre in my opinion.There were parts that I swore that I've read before.But i will say I didn't predict who the toymaker was.And this thing did get pretty intense at times and threatning.I give The Tale Of The Blue Monkey a three out of five stars.I also want to point out one of my favorite mystery characters was Mr.Kronk ,a wheelchair bound older man who does some pretty questionable things.
August 20, 2016
Ik was gisteren aan het wandelen en toen dacht ik, laat ik eens die minibibliotheek (als je niet weet wat het is zoek het op google, het is echt toppie) bezoeken die dicht bij mijn huis is. Kijken of ze wat leuk hebben. En dat hadden ze, dit boek!
Natuurlijk is het Nederlands, maar ja, de kans dat je in een minibieb hier in mijn land een Engels boek vindt zal niet makkelijk zijn, dus ik ben al blij met dit.
En het boek was best redelijk, ik moet zeggen dat ik Amanda een beetje te goedgelovig vond. Ja, natuurlijk was het uiteindelijk allemaal waar, maar als zij altijd zo reageert als iemand een verhaaltje verteld? Sorry, dan wens ik iedereen sterkte.
Verder was ze wel een leuk personage, en ik vond haar ook moedig en sterk. Vooral hoe ze met haar broer zijn pesterijtjes omging. Natuurlijk vond ze het niet leuk, maar ze bleef sterk.
Ondanks dat ze af en toe inderdaad wel ietsje te bang was (maar ik zou hetzelfde doen als er magisch een aap overal verschijnt), was ze ook dapper en heeft ze het toch maar goed gedaan.
Danny was echt vervelend zeg. Ik weet dat zussen en broers niet altijd lief zijn tegen elkaar, maar dit was echt belachelijk. Ik vond hem totaal niet sympathiek. Het kon me dan ook niet echt schelen wat er nou met hem gebeurde.
De whodunnit? Wel, ik wist al van het begin wie het was, en ook al probeerde de schrijver nog lekker veel andere personages verdacht te maken, ik wist dat het diegene moest zijn, en ik had nog gelijk ook!
Het verhaal was lekker spannend, en ik heb er echt van genoten.
Zou ik dit boek aanraden? Echt wel, het is een perfect snack-sized zomerboekje.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
Natuurlijk is het Nederlands, maar ja, de kans dat je in een minibieb hier in mijn land een Engels boek vindt zal niet makkelijk zijn, dus ik ben al blij met dit.
En het boek was best redelijk, ik moet zeggen dat ik Amanda een beetje te goedgelovig vond. Ja, natuurlijk was het uiteindelijk allemaal waar, maar als zij altijd zo reageert als iemand een verhaaltje verteld? Sorry, dan wens ik iedereen sterkte.
Verder was ze wel een leuk personage, en ik vond haar ook moedig en sterk. Vooral hoe ze met haar broer zijn pesterijtjes omging. Natuurlijk vond ze het niet leuk, maar ze bleef sterk.
Ondanks dat ze af en toe inderdaad wel ietsje te bang was (maar ik zou hetzelfde doen als er magisch een aap overal verschijnt), was ze ook dapper en heeft ze het toch maar goed gedaan.
Danny was echt vervelend zeg. Ik weet dat zussen en broers niet altijd lief zijn tegen elkaar, maar dit was echt belachelijk. Ik vond hem totaal niet sympathiek. Het kon me dan ook niet echt schelen wat er nou met hem gebeurde.
De whodunnit? Wel, ik wist al van het begin wie het was, en ook al probeerde de schrijver nog lekker veel andere personages verdacht te maken, ik wist dat het diegene moest zijn, en ik had nog gelijk ook!
Het verhaal was lekker spannend, en ik heb er echt van genoten.
Zou ik dit boek aanraden? Echt wel, het is een perfect snack-sized zomerboekje.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
April 20, 2021
Great but a little bit of scary kids like me could never do that. The great kids are woah 😉
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February 9, 2020
It's basically just It Came from Beneath the sink but with a toy monkey. It's fine.
February 7, 2024
Very mid first half with lots of bland fake outs, way better second half with great twists. I didn’t expect the giant twist that we got near the end, but I did understand a certain characters intentions early on from a scene in the book. The blue monkey is… interesting. I’m glad it didn’t come to life like some NOTLD crap. Had some good scares with it though. Ending was good. 7.5/10
January 10, 2016
Amanda and Danny's babysitter tells them a scary story about a blue monkey that brings a curse to an entire family, but when they find the monkey buried in their backyard they begin to think the curse is now on them.
July 27, 2013
One of the scariest things I read as a child.
April 11, 2018
I read this book when i was a kid! it terrified me back then lol
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