A Nightmare's Dozen: Stories from the Dark
by MICHAEL STEARNS | Horror | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0440227461 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0440227461 Global Overview for this book
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From School Library Journal
Grade 7-9-This collection of 14 original psychological horror tales is short on the gory stuff, but long on the terrors of adolescence and family life. From ghostly alcoholic fathers killed in drunk-driving accidents to obnoxious siblings who are conveniently made to disappear in amusement parks, these stories will please those readers ready for more sophisticated material. Many of the selections have a science-fiction/fantasy bent to them and read like updated episodes of The Twilight Zone. A few also contain vague sexual overtones. Given the recent craze for anything horrific, this book is sure to be a hit, and ideal for classroom read-alouds or booktalks. Some of the contributors, such as Vivian Vande Velde and Bruce Coville, are better known than others, but they have all turned in good performances here.
Carrie Schadle, New York Public Library
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 6^-9. You can never have enough bizarre, nightmarish stories to suit some readers, but when the tales are as well written as these, you certainly don't need an excuse to buy them. This companion to A Starfarer's Dozen (1995) and A Wizard's Dozen (1993) features original works by noted young-adult authors skilled at creating stories that "allow us to try scarier worlds on for size ... to consider the inconsiderable, the things we can't talk about in polite company." You won't find splatterpunk slash and gore here; just the heart-pounding, truly strange stuff of nightmares, with each tale more bizarre than the last. The stories are consistently good, but Bruce Coville's "The Japanese Mirror," Martha Soukup's "Alita in the Air," and Jane Yolen's "Bolundeers" are especially weird. Michael Hussar's eerie drawings are perfect "decorations" for this peculiarly satisfying collection. Chris Sherman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Grade 7-9-This collection of 14 original psychological horror tales is short on the gory stuff, but long on the terrors of adolescence and family life. From ghostly alcoholic fathers killed in drunk-driving accidents to obnoxious siblings who are conveniently made to disappear in amusement parks, these stories will please those readers ready for more sophisticated material. Many of the selections have a science-fiction/fantasy bent to them and read like updated episodes of The Twilight Zone. A few also contain vague sexual overtones. Given the recent craze for anything horrific, this book is sure to be a hit, and ideal for classroom read-alouds or booktalks. Some of the contributors, such as Vivian Vande Velde and Bruce Coville, are better known than others, but they have all turned in good performances here.
Carrie Schadle, New York Public Library
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Gr. 6^-9. You can never have enough bizarre, nightmarish stories to suit some readers, but when the tales are as well written as these, you certainly don't need an excuse to buy them. This companion to A Starfarer's Dozen (1995) and A Wizard's Dozen (1993) features original works by noted young-adult authors skilled at creating stories that "allow us to try scarier worlds on for size ... to consider the inconsiderable, the things we can't talk about in polite company." You won't find splatterpunk slash and gore here; just the heart-pounding, truly strange stuff of nightmares, with each tale more bizarre than the last. The stories are consistently good, but Bruce Coville's "The Japanese Mirror," Martha Soukup's "Alita in the Air," and Jane Yolen's "Bolundeers" are especially weird. Michael Hussar's eerie drawings are perfect "decorations" for this peculiarly satisfying collection. Chris Sherman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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