The Birthday Party of No Return!
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–11 · 2012 · Est. 3 hour read

The Birthday Party of No Return!

By R.L. Stine

Part of the Goosebumps Hall of Horrors series

A vulture's claw brings luck, but at what cost?

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160 pages· 22,168 words· Est. 3 hour read
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Lee Hargrove craves a scholarship to Summer Sports Camp, but his friend Cory's luck overshadows him. When a mysterious vulture's claw arrives, Lee's fortunes shift, but not for the better. As strange events unfold, Lee's plan to gift the claw to Cory backfires, revealing a twist that changes everything. Can Lee outsmart the curse and win the scholarship, or will his luck run out?

From the publisher

Welcome to the Hall of Horrors, HorrorLand’s Hall of Fame for the truly terrifying. Lee Hargrove wishes he could be lucky like his friend Cory Duckworth. Cory has to be the luckiest kid on the planet. Even Laura Groden, the girl Lee has a crush on, prefers to hang out with Cory. All Lee wants in life is to get a scholarship to Summer Sports Camp. But there’s only one scholarship from his school and he’s competing against Cory and Laura. Then Lee receives a good luck charm in the mail. It’s a vulture’s claw and Lee’s life seems to change immediately. Until bad things start to happen. The vulture’s claw is bringing really bad luck. Lee tries to give it to Cory as a birthday present but Cory already has one of his own. When both boys’ luck take a turn for the worse, Laura wins the scholarship and admits to sending the bad luck charms to both boys.

At a glance
Format
Prebound-Sewn
Pages
160
Words
22,168
Reading age
8–11
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
380L
Themes & topics
Books about birthdaysBooks about partiesBooks about presents and giftsBooks about luckBooks about supernatural objects
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~2.7
F&P level
~K
Publication
Published
April 1, 2012
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780606239325

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