Dangerous Girls (Dangerous Girls, 1) - Hardcover

Stine, R.L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060530804 ISBN 13: 9780060530808

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2003

Synopsis

Beautiful girls . . . Dangerous girls

Destiny Weller and her twin sister Livvy are beautiful, smart, and popular. But a summer at Camp Blue Moon changes their lives forever. When they return home from camp, Destiny and Livvy exhibit an inhuman craving to drink blood by night, compelled to satisfy their overpowering thirst.

Have they turned into vampires?

Can they keep their terrifying secret from their family and friends? Can they evade the vampire hunters who are determined to destroy them? Destiny desperately wants to find a way to stop the horror. Livvy is intoxicated by her new powers. Will Destiny regain her life -- only to lose her sister forever?

About this title

About the Author

Robert Lawrence Stine is one of the best-selling children's authors in history. He began his writing career at the age of nine writing short stories, joke books, and comic books for his friends -- and has been at it ever since!

After graduating from Ohio State University, R.L. moved to New York to become a writer. He wrote joke books and humor books and created Bananas, a zany humor magazine, before he turned to the scary. He wrote Fear Street and then Goosebumps, the phenomenal series that made him an international celebrity and the number-one best-selling children's author of all time (Guinness Book of World Records).

He recently published the first Dangerous Girls novel and two original collections of scary stories -- the New York Times best-seller Nightmare Hour and The Haunting Hour. His book series The Nightmare Room, also published by HarperCollins, was adapted into a popular TV series.

R.L. lives in Manhattan with his wife, Jane, and their son, Matthew.

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up-As this story opens, Destiny and Livvy are completing their summer jobs as camp counselors. Their mother committed suicide only months before, and they found the camp a healing environment. Little did they know that one of the other counselors, a mysterious and very handsome young man with an Italian accent, would be the cause of much tragedy and distress for the twins in upcoming weeks. While at camp, Renz had drawn each teen away, revealed his true identity, and then sucked her blood. His ritual was interrupted with Destiny, however, and she did not reciprocate, making her a neophyte. Renz then followed her home to await the full moon and another opportunity, but animals and even some of the twins' friends turn up dead while he waits-all of their blood completely drained from their bodies. This is standard fare for Stine-short chapters each ending with a hook, very little character development, and predictable story lines. There are a few surprises, but nothing particularly innovative. However, teens will immediately gravitate to the teenage girls on the cover and the enticing title, and Stine's many fans will be satisfied.
Kimberly L. Paone, Elizabeth Public Library, NJ
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060530804
• ISBN 13: 9780060530808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256