Hide and Shriek
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1995

Hide and Shriek

By R.L. Stine

Book #1 in the Ghosts of Fear Street series

A new kid faces a ghostly seeker in a deadly hide-and-seek game.

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Randy, the new kid in town, joins an eerie after-dark game of hide-and-seek on Fear Street. But this isn't just any game—the seeker is a ghost, and being tagged means becoming a spirit forever. As Randy navigates the haunted woods, lake, and cemetery, she must outsmart the spectral seeker who has a special interest in new kids. Can she escape the ghostly fate that awaits her, or will she become the next permanent resident of Fear Street?

From the publisher

A girl gets caught in a deadly game of hide-and-seek in this first book in the Ghosts of Fear Street series from the master of children’s horror, R.L. Stine–now with a reimagined look! Do you believe in ghosts? Don’t say no until you take a walk down Fear Street. Past the woods, where no birds sing. Past the lake, where something lurks beneath the water. Past the cemetery, where everyone is dying to meet you. New kid in town Randy discovers there’s much more at stake than she thought in the town’s annual after-dark game of hide-and-seek. Turns out, the seeker is the spirit of a long-dead kid from town, and anyone he tags “it” turns into a ghost! Even worse, the spectral seeker has a particular fondness for new kids…

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Format
Pages
144
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
~420L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
2.9
F&P level
~L
AR points
3
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
21726
Publication
Published
July 15, 2025
First published
July 1, 1995
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781665971317

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