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Sleepover #1
The Secret Room Sleepover
Jo's great-aunt, Diana, lived in an old country house. Diana and her sister Rosie find the ghost of a girl in a secret room who will not allow anything to be disturbed. When Rosie takes a pair of scissors, the haunting begins and things reach a climax when the ghost attacks Diana.
- GenresParanormalHorrorFiction
137 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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June 6, 2012
This review is not about The Secret Room Sleepover book alone, but the entire series.
The main characters of the SLEEPOVER books are four friends; Alex, Jo, Charlie and Louise. They each take turns to host a sleepover - be it in a secret dungeon, a cabin in the mountains or on the beach! - and each time one friend narrates a ghostly tale related in one way or another to the place they're staying at!
The spooky stories are told in third person, but every chapter or so the friends pause to talk, eat, deal with situations and unexpected interruptions.
The books themselves are very short easy reads, but nonetheless satisfying. They're fast-paced, well-written and quite gripping. The plots are simple but still good and there are a few unexpected twists!
I personally felt the characters were very lifelike and I could easily believe they were real girls at real sleepovers (sadly, these books are fictional).
The scare-factor is definitely there. Maybe not for older readers but for younger girls, yes (I would know; I had my sister read The Secret Room to me when I was ten and I was scared stiff every night for a week!).
I believe the SLEEPOVER series by Sharon Siamon would appeal hugely to girls between the ages of 9-13.
I think they be great adapted into a short horror TV series for young teens, a bit like the Goosebumps shows, only spookier!
The main characters of the SLEEPOVER books are four friends; Alex, Jo, Charlie and Louise. They each take turns to host a sleepover - be it in a secret dungeon, a cabin in the mountains or on the beach! - and each time one friend narrates a ghostly tale related in one way or another to the place they're staying at!
The spooky stories are told in third person, but every chapter or so the friends pause to talk, eat, deal with situations and unexpected interruptions.
The books themselves are very short easy reads, but nonetheless satisfying. They're fast-paced, well-written and quite gripping. The plots are simple but still good and there are a few unexpected twists!
I personally felt the characters were very lifelike and I could easily believe they were real girls at real sleepovers (sadly, these books are fictional).
The scare-factor is definitely there. Maybe not for older readers but for younger girls, yes (I would know; I had my sister read The Secret Room to me when I was ten and I was scared stiff every night for a week!).
I believe the SLEEPOVER series by Sharon Siamon would appeal hugely to girls between the ages of 9-13.
I think they be great adapted into a short horror TV series for young teens, a bit like the Goosebumps shows, only spookier!
July 20, 2015
Premise for the series is a common one: a group of friends gather together (for a sleepover in this case), and tell each other ghost stories - one story per book.
I remember reading it, but not much of anything about the series. I think I liked this book better than #2.
I remember reading it, but not much of anything about the series. I think I liked this book better than #2.
August 26, 2016
I don't know why i read these… they freaked me out many years ago!
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November 11, 2017I read this books as a teenager and loved it. I am now 27 years old and would like to see if i still find them as spooky as i did before.
I have been searching for these books since October 2017 and i am absolutely overjoyed that i found it on this sight
I have been searching for these books since October 2017 and i am absolutely overjoyed that i found it on this sight
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