The Boy Next Door

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Summary: ``He's too close for comfort. . .``
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Smith has brought us a nail-biting book here. The story of a young girl, Randy, who meets a good looking boy called Julian. He lives next door, in the old house that has been deserted for years. He appears out of nowhere, and that's what Randy like. He has certain mystery about him, and Randy loves that. Julian has convinced her that all the stuff she does is 'too normal,' and she needs to do more 'wild' things with him. She quits cheerleading, and breaks up with her boyfriend. Little does she know Julian's a pysco. . .

An absoultely excellent read for any age. Smith has done it again. Pure thrills, spills, and chills. A definate page-turner if ever I saw one. A definate good read. Buy today

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Summary: BUY THIS BOOK!!
Review: God I can't believe how class this book really was! I got it when I was on my way to the doctors' and it sure took my mind off me being ill! You MUST read this book--I can't stress how really and truly EXCELLENT this really is. BUY IT!!! GOD THIS WAS SO BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD THIS WAS SO BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD THIS WAS SO BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD THIS WAS SO BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD THIS WAS SO BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD THIS WAS SO BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: The Boy Next Door
Review: I LOVED this book! It was the first scary book I had ever read! This most definetly will not be the last one.

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Summary: A very strange book (meant in best way possible)
Review: I LOVED this book! It was the first scary book I had ever read! This most definetly will not be the last one.

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Summary: A Great Read!....
Review: Julian Dax is the new guy in Randy's life. One night, while she's taking out the trash, he appears out of the darkness, and from there, she falls in love with him. Randy's always been the sensible one, the one to do the right thing. Her father's away for three weeks, and Julian spices up her life. He gets his kicks out of pranks and scaring people. At first, the stunts are harmless, but they get deadlier. Who is Julian? He's always appearing out of nowhere, right on cue, and soon his jokes will ultimately lead to murder!....

Sinclair Smith is an awesome author! She definitely has a knack for jokes and pranks (such as in "Double Date"), but the idea seems to spawn hits. I felt that "The Boy Next Door" was a very thrilling, suspenseful book. You wondered what Julian was going to think of next, and you didn't know if the main character was starting to go crazy or not. The only flaw was that the ending was a little rushed and a bit hard to follow. Otherwise, it's worth your time!...

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Summary: What is Julian Dex And Randy up to next?
Review: This Book was great... It made want to keep flipping pages. Im pretty sure my high school English teacher has seen me reading my book even after ssr is over. When Randy is left alone in her desserted home, on a strange night a boy Creeps up, he is Julian Dex. Julian Dex is The Boy Next Door. He teaches Randy how to play practical jokes on some of her class mates and almost causes an accident on the freeway while Randy is driving her camaro. What will Julian make Randy do next? Murder ? or is it just a simple joke?.

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Summary: STUPENDOUS!!!
Review: This is one of the BEST books I have ever read!!! It's Cool, Fun, Mysrey and horror. I mean this book was great. I read it and I couldn't put it down. I recommend this book to anyone...It's FANTASTIC!!!

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Summary: Fun to read
Review: This was a thrilling book and was a lot like a mystery. You can really tell what the characters are thinking and it is an adventure.

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Summary: The Boy Next Door
Review: While her father is away for three weeks on business, Randy Bell is acutely aware of being alone. There aren't any neighbors nearby, just an old deserted house next door that's been abandoned for years. That is, she thought it was deserted until she starts seeing lights come on in the house. Then one night she meets her new neighbor (Julian Dax) who jokingly attacks her while she's taking out the garbage. Scaring people is just one of the few things Julian loves do. He also enjoys manipulating people, and since Randy is already head over heels for him, she becomes his newest puppet. Anything he says, Randy does, such as pulling cruel pranks on her history teacher and several of her classmates--from arranging a fake tarantula in her teacher's desk to forging a love letter to staging a skating accident by pouring oil down a hill. Julian insists by doing these things, it will make her feel "alive" and "on the edge".

Soon Randy feels like she has no control over what she does. On one hand, she's reluctant to commit the crimes for fear of being
caught and reprimanded; on the other, she's afraid of what Julian might do if she doesn't follow through. The book started to get very exciting towards the end when Randy couldn't tell if Julian was real or just a figment of her imagination. Even her best friend, Alice, thought Randy was starting to crack. That was probably the best part of the book. The ending was minimally satisfying with the discovery of Julian's hideout (...), but the book as a whole wasn't spectacular. It's still fun to read though if you like young adult thrillers.