Jorjeana MarieClassic Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask

This is one of the few Goosebumps books that we've seen a recording of the television show that was made...and I have to say, in this case, the television episode was actually better than the book version. This The Haunted Mask is the story of Carly Beth just fed up with being wimpy, wimpy, wimpy...tired of constantly being teased, pranked, and scared by her friends Carly Beth is determined to get the scariest Halloween mask ever and show her friends that she's not such a wimp after all. As with all things in the R.L Stine universe, Carly Beth's quest to teach her tormenters a lesson comes with a hefty price.On the night of Halloween, she just can't bring herself to put on the not-so-scary costume her mother's made for her, instead she runs out to a shop and finds "the perfect mask" in the back room of the store, unfortunately the owner is hesitant to part with it...ultimately she gets the mask and embarks on what she thinks will be the best get even Halloween scare ever...until she realizes that the mask much more than an ugly face to care her friends with and that she may become trapped inside as it begins to change her personality as well. Will Carly Beth get the mask off? You'll have to read to find out!Not as enjoyable as I'd have liked...The Haunted Mask isn't a "bad" book, for me it boils down to feeling no connection to any of the characters...we don't get to know Carly Beth before we see her pranked, teased and scared constantly and the picture the reader gets is that if these are her friends, she sure doesn't need any enemies...they're downright mean, the goal seems to be to embarrass her more than anything else. I think young readers would enjoy The Haunted Mask, as a whole it is one of the scarier premises of the series but for me personally, this was a flop. I didn't think the interaction between the friends was indicative of "friend" behavior, it felt mean spirited perhaps if the build up to Halloween had been longer and we'd gotten to know the four friends just a bit more, this would have been a better read. Overall, I felt a bit let down, I rate this at three stars because the idea behind it is good, but the execution and character development was really lacking.

Great book for kids

I already loved this book, but this new 'redone' cover and behind the scenes makes it even better. The behind the scenes is awesome, it includes a sort of 'bio' on the Haunted Mask, a Q and A with R.L Stine, and a preview to Horrorland The Scream of the Haunted mask. Still a great read after all these years

Gain really enjoys these

My grandson loved the book.

Great book, my daughter is loving it. The book itself fell apart in the middle after my daughter left it in the car overnight. Not sure if it was the quality in the binding or if it was just the New Mexico sun that caused. Either way, would highly recommend these books. Loved em when I was young and now my kids love em too.

Nephew loves the book

I bought this for my nephew...he loved it!

Grand daughter loves this book

my 9 year old loves it

I like this book its one of the best goosebumps books i've read so far. I also like reading the phantom of the auditorium, ghost camp, you can't scare me! and night of the living dummy.

Encouraged my 10 year old grandson to read more.

Excellent value