Have you ever been told to do something against your will? “It wasn’t my idea. I didn’t want to do it. I was being pulled. . . pulled against my will.” To be continued “ You’re my favorite, Carly Beth. See you next Halloween. . .” Essential book information The author of this book ( Goosebumps the scream of the haunted mask) R.L. Stine ( Robert Lawrence Stine in full) is an American novelist who is known for his horror books for children. He was born in Columbus Ohio in the middle of WW2. This book is part of his book series Goosebumps, He is also the author of the book series Fear Street. R.l. Stine has won two awards. The first one was the Kids’ Choice award for Favorite Book in 1998 and Audie Award for Young Listeners in 2016. Brief summary of the book Carly beth has put herself into a deep problem, she has to face the horrible haunted mask’s manipulation. She manages to make it out the first time but will she make it the second time? she gets a job at a farm daycare and takes care of crazy kids. But there is a haunted stable at the farmhouse and then Carly beth and her friend are told the story of the stable. That opens a few clues about the mask. Then later their curiosity gets the best of them and they visit the stable, they find a lot of abandoned things and even meet a boy there is he the stable boy? Then Carly beth visits the shop where she got the mask and he tells him a lot of things about the mask. Then during the Halloween party at the daycare….. praise of critics I really liked this book and enjoyed it. The author used great word choices that really expressed the emotions, the actions of the character, and the the thoughts. The book uses great characterization that tells us about the characters. And every time a character is introduced the character’s appearance is described, I find this really helpful because it gives us an image of what the looks like. This book also uses the first person point of view, the book is only told from the perspective of the main character. My recommendations I would recommend this book to anyone who can get it. This book is full of great characterization, plots, and word choice. The great word choice makes you feel like you are actually in the book at that time. I think that young readers would enjoy this because this book is full of imagination and all those young readers have a great imagination. And the reading level of this book will also be perfect for young readers like teens or older children.