Young Scrooge

A boy's Christmas hatred turns nightmarish when three ghosts visit him, blurring dreams and reality.

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204 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Rick Scroogeman despises everything about Christmas, especially being nicknamed 'Scrooge' by his classmates. But when three ghosts appear, his disdain turns into a chilling ordeal. Are these spectral visits mere dreams, or is something more sinister at play? As Rick navigates this eerie holiday encounter, he must confront his fears and the possibility of a nightmare becoming reality. Will he find a way to escape this ghostly grip, or will his Christmas loathing lead to an unexpected transformation? Dive into this spooky twist on a classic tale, where humor and horror collide at Oliver Twist Middle School.

From the publisher

Young Scrooge: A Very Scary Christmas Story is a funny, scary middle-grade send up of A Christmas Carol, about a boy who hates Christmas, from bestselling Goosebumps author R. L. Stine.Rick Scroogeman hates Christmas. He can’t stand the carols and the pageants. He can’t stand the lights and the mistletoe. But what he hates the most is having to watch the old movie A Christmas Carol every year at school. Since his name is Scroogeman, all of his classmates start calling him Scrooge. And he hates being called Scrooge. But everything starts to change when three ghosts visit him. At first, he thinks it’s a dream. But then he realizes that it might be a nightmare. A nightmare that could become real. “Stine brings his characteristic humor and light scares to a reworking of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, set at Oliver Twist Middle School. . . . It’s eerie holiday fun.” –Publishers Weekly

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