The Nightmare Room #7: The Howler

by R.L. Stine

Book Overview

You hold in your hand the key to a shadow world of shivers and screams. Take a step away from the safe, comfortable world you know. Unlock the door to terror. There's always room for one more... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064409058
• ISBN13: 9780064409056
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

R.L.Stine at his greatest!

This and Camp Nowhere are definitely the best books in the Nightmare Room series thus far. This book is a movie in itself, and R.L. saves it from being a ridiculous idea into a somewhat heartfelt and scary horror adventure. I highly recommend it - great reading and a classic.

Spencer is about to learn the hard way about ghosts...

The Nightamre Room #7: The Howler is probably R.L. Stine's best book yet in his newest creepy Goosebumps type series, with a unique twist and excellent story that distinguishes this book from past books. Probably one of his scariest books he's written, and with a story that is sure to keep eyes glued, I loved this story more then any of the others in THE NIGHTMARE ROOM series. Spencer Turner was devastated at the shocking death of his cousin Ian last winter when they were skating on the ice with some friends. Even as Ian fell through the ice, Spencer had tried his best to save him -- but he almost got killed himself trying to do so. Spencer survived, but his cousion Ian did not. Ever since, Spencer wants to contact Ian's ghost and tell him how much he had tried to save him, and how sorry he is of Ian's tragic death. He becomes so desperate that he eventually purchases an item called the Howler from a ghost supplies shop. The Howler is able to make Spencer hear the howls of ghosts -- and even though Spencer is terrified, he'll do all it takes to reach Ian...somehow. But maybe he gets more then he bargained for. The terror that ensues will make Spencer wish he'd never even dream of buying the terrifying Howler. This was a spine-tingling, scary, and page turning book in R.L. Stine's terrifying new series, The Nightmare Room.

this book was awesome!!!!!!!!!

i thought the howler was going to be one of r.l. stine's worst.boy was i surprised!i am a big fan of the nightmare room.r.l. stine is pure genius!please buy this book.i loved it. i always end up reading these books in bed,and finish them.i'm also sleepy,but i know it's worth it!!!!!!please buy it!what more can i say.it's awesome!!!!!!!!it's about spencer,whose cousin has died a year ago.they were ice skating, and he was on thin ice.spencer nearly dies while trying to save him.but through the whole year spencer tries to communicate with ghosts so that he can reach ian.one day, he finds a machine called"the howler".at first, it seems to be another expensive piece of junk, but it ends up working(TOO GOOD), and spencer releases more than just ian...

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In the howler R.L. Stine does it again. The story is great and the ending perfect. It gave me the creeps and I started looking over my shoulder all the time. It is much better than They call me creature and it is also better than Locker 13. This is actually a masterpiece of modern terror and i would reccomend it to everyone. No matter the age. Igive the book an ......A+!!!!!!

Sometimes it's best to let the dead stay buried....

Ever since his cousin Ian drowned last winter, thirteen-year-old Spencer Turner has blamed himself. And over that year, to the increasing worries of his friends and family, Spencer has tried time after time to contact the spirit world, hoping to speak with Ian's ghost and apologize for not trying harder to save him. Spencer goes to Little House of Spirits, a store in his town that sells ghost-related items. He uses the last of his money to buy The Howler, an electronic device that supposedly enables its user to communicate with ghosts. But Spencer gets more than he bargained for. Because he accidentally releases a family of vengeful ghosts. These five angry spirits have been trapped for over a century. And now they want payback for their deaths. This was a suspenseful, thrill-a-minute entry to The Nightmare Room series that had me on the edge of my seat, waiting to find out what happened next.