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The Dead Boyfriend

A Fear Street Novel

#5 in series

by R. L. Stine
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Watch the movies, read the books! The Fear Street movies are coming to Netflix this summer!
R.L. Stine's Fear Street series is back, and in The Dead Boyfriend, he tells the frightening tale of teenage love—and how it can go terribly, murderously wrong.
Caitlin has never had a real boyfriend before. When she starts seeing Colin, she throws herself into the relationship with fervor. She ignores her friends who warn her that Colin may be a phony and that she is taking the whole thing too seriously. Caitlin is smitten. She doesn't care if she loses her friends. All she wants is Colin.
When Caitlin approaches Colin with another girl, she completely loses it. She snaps. Everything goes red. When she comes back to her senses, she realizes that Colin is dead—and she has killed him. But if Colin is dead, how is he staring at her across a crowded party?
Terrifying from the first page to the last, The Dead Boyfriend is a heart-racing young adult novel from the master of teen screams himself.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Fear Street Relaunch

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 27, 2016

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781250092069
      • File size: 923 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781250092069
      • File size: 923 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.9
    • Lexile® Measure: 510
    • Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    • Text Difficulty: 0-3

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      July 15, 2016
      A girl's boyfriend doesn't stay dead in this Fear Street novel.Taking the loose form of Caitlyn's diary, this story tells of how the white girl meets and falls in love with a white boy named Blade. Caitlyn, as she frequently reminds readers, is the kind of girl inclined to fully embrace her emotions, and she falls hard. During a fairly lengthy romantic buildup, mildly freaky things occur which all the other characters seem to shrug off. Then Blade gets caught two-timing Caitlyn, and she impulsively stabs him to death. She's wracked by guilt and grief when, at his funeral, he sits up and temporarily reanimates. Then goth white Deena Fear, of the infamous Fear family, tries to recruit Caitlyn to work together to bring back Blade (whom they both have feelings for). It's too much for Caitlyn, but Deena does it anyway, and soon undead Blade is stalking Caitlyn, and everyone around her thinks she's going crazy. The plot is pretty flimsy and the characters stock, but the humor inherent in B-movie-style horror like this gives it a certain liveliness, regardless of how dead the characters are. The ending is a classic Goosebumps/Fear Street type twist. A macabre horror comedy for die-hard fans only. (Horror. 10-16)

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.9
  • Lexile® Measure:510
  • Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
  • Text Difficulty:0-3

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