Nightmare
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3.6
Joan Lowery Nixon
For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Nightmare from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. Emily has never fit in with her overachieving family. Instead of getting straight As, she sits in the back row and hides behind her hair. As a result, her parents have enrolled her for the summer at Camp Excel, an academic camp for underachievers. Emily doesn’t want to go, and not just because she thinks it isn’t necessary. Since she was a child, she’s been plagued by a recurring nightmare. And something about this camp feels familiar. Has she been there before? Why can’t she remember? With the help of two new friends, Emily discovers that her nightmare is not just in her head. Someone at Camp Excel has a secret and will do anything—even kill—to keep Emily from uncovering the truth. “A taut, well-constructed mystery.” –Kirkus Reviews “Readers will once again fall under Nixon’s spell as they enjoy this page-turner.” –School Library Journal “[An] inimitable blend of horror and whodunit.” –Booklist “[Nightmare has] taut suspenseful passages…[and] clever false leads.” –Publishers Weekly
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Author
Joan Lowery Nixon
Pages
176
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published Date
2007-12-18
ISBN
0307433587 9780307433589
Ratings
Google: 4.5
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"This book was great when it was telling the escapades of Jordin and Maia thru several of the most haunted places in the world.....it even had a few pics that showed the creepy buildings which was fun and helped to make the reader visualize the adventures more realistically. <br/><br/>Then people started disappearing and that was even a bit intriguing because strange supernatural things were happening to Maia and Derek, Jordin's fiance which helped the story to feel like 'maybe' this could really happen.....<br/><br/>Then....the story had to go into 'huge corporation dealing in secretive dealings.....evil is taking control of the world'!....UGH!!!....that really made the story go downhill fast.....big bad demon......super brave heroine.....silly stupid plot line......major disappointment.<br/><br/>I'm still holding out for that one paranormal story that will scare the holy bejeebers out of me......and this one was not it......bummer."