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Summary: Great reading for young people looking for a scare
Review: And I'm not talking down to young people. I still like this book a lot, but I read it over and over when I was in middle school. I was also reading Stephen King at this time, so it's not like I couldn't handle scary stuff; this book is really creepy. I remember getting chills down my back more than a few times. Very atmospheric; the groundfog and autumn leaves practically blow off the page into the room you're in. Fast-paced Halloween fun.
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Summary: Great reading for young people looking for a scare
Review: And I'm not talking down to young people. I still like this book a lot, but I read it over and over when I was in middle school. I was also reading Stephen King at this time, so it's not like I couldn't handle scary stuff; this book is really creepy. I remember getting chills down my back more than a few times. Very atmospheric; the groundfog and autumn leaves practically blow off the page into the room you're in. Fast-paced Halloween fun.
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Summary: Trick or Treat book description
Review: Book description on back of book:
"Martha knew there was something evil about the house she was moving into. It was so cold...and creepy. And it wasn't just the house that was giving her a weird feeling. Martha was sure someone was following her...watching her every move.
Then the practical jokes began--the scarecrow with the carving knife in its head, the fire. And the phone calls: 'Trick or Treat, Martha...you're dead.'
It was October, but these were no Halloween tricks. Someone would be coming home this year with more than just a bag of treats. And Martha was the prize.
Trick or Treat"
This is one of the first books by Richie Tankersley Cusick that I read, and I still enjoy reading it. I love the setting, which is a "haunted" house outside of a small town, around Halloween. Martha and her dad and her new stepmom and stepbrother Conor move into this deserted house. After living in the big, lonely house for about a week, their parents go on their honeymoon, so Conor and Martha are all alone. Martha is terrified of the new house, because she thinks weird things are happening. To make matters worse, at her new school she is not doing so well. Luckily she has made a few friends: Blake, a cute guy who seems to like her, and his cousins Greg (who works at their school and is Martha's advisor), and Wynn, who is Martha's age. Martha finds out from her new friends that a girl named Elizabeth Bedford who was her age and looked a little like Martha was killed in her bedroom in the Bedford house, but no one ever found out who the killer was. I really liked this book because it was a scary, easy read that I couldn't put down, and the ending is so surprising. Richie Tankersley Cusick's other books are just as good.
Try: The Lifeguard, The Mall, Someone at the Door, Vampire, and Scarecrow.
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Summary: One of my favorite books!
Review: I first read this book about 9 years ago and loved it. I'm 24 now, and re-read Trick or Treat a few times a year. I think all of Ms. Cusick's books are great, but this one has to be the best of them all...Silent Stalker is a close second though! I would recommend this book to anyone! It's got the perfect mix of suspense and romance...
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Summary: trick or treat
Review: i LUVED this book!!!! i was upset cuz she didnt like conor at all. i thoght it was really SWEET of conor(the nightmare part)i was dissappointed though cuz she still didnt like him after that. i luved conor.. he always tried to protect Martha..even wen he was close to dying. i read this book a bizzilion times n i still luv it. i'm glad that she went out w/blake...he was so sweet. i was soo surprised st the ending . this book got my heart pumping..its like i was Martha and i was experiencing everything..like the school part.. man i LUVED the book.
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Summary: Great for Ye Faint of Heart..............
Review: I think this book was one of the best I have ever read! I don't usually like scary stories but this was perfect because it scared me but didn't scare me so much that I stopped reading.I wanted to know who did it so much that I read this book in 3hrs. 30mins! I was a little dissapointed that Martha Did'nt go out with Conor after their ordeal though... Anyway I'ts one of my Favorite books ever! I wish there was a sequel!
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Summary: Nice.....
Review: Martha Stevenson has a new family. Her dad remarried, and she now has a new stepbrother. When she moves from Chicago to a small town -- Bedford -- she thinks that her life is at an all-time low. She's dead wrong! Martha starts receiving threatening phone calls and grotesque pranks bring her life down even more. Soon after, she learns that someone was murdered in her new house -- in her room, specifically. But even before she hears the news, she senses a menacing evil within the house. Something -- or someone -- wants to repeat history, and in order to do that, they must kill.....I thought that "Trick or Treat" was great. It was definitely suspenseful and even reminded me of the horror movie "Halloween," with the murderer appearing out of the shadows.....It wasn't the best I've read by Richie Tankersley Cusick, though. I've read two others by her and they were a little more action-packed. The culprit is surprising, yet a little predictable if you think about what happened throughout the book. Overall, a nice read! Also recommended:
a.) "Starstruck" by Richie Tankersley Cusick
b.) "Secret Santa" by D. E. Athkins
c.) "The Train" by Diane Hoh
d.) All books by Joan Lowery Nixon
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Summary: Trick or Treat. You're dead.
Review: Martha Stevenson moved in with her father to a new town with, because of his new marriage, Sally, and her son Conor. Martha didn't want to moved in the creepy Bedford House at all. The house was gloomy dark and old. Her father broke the new that he was going to Hawaii with Sally for the honeymoon also for his new assignment. So Martha was stuck with Conor, her new annoying stepbrother. School was even more dreadful; people staring at her like she was walking dead, but she don't why people acting so cold. She made new friend with Wynn and Blake, Wynn's cousin, and with Greg Chamber, Martha's new advisor, who also cousin with Wynn and Blake. Martha was instantly attracted to dark, handsome Blake. The house she moved in have a bad past. People says that there was a girl, Elizabeth, was murdered in her own room. Martha was horrified by the news that she was using Elizabeth's room. There were obscene phone calls to Elizabeth and there were phona calls to Martha saying "Trick or treat. You're dead, Elizabeth". Wynn told her that she was resembled to the dead girl. Now it was Martha's turn to be terrified. Can she excape all this craziness? Can she trust her mysterious, Conor, whom she doesn't know real well of?
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Summary: perfect suspence/romance
Review: My teacher read this book to our class when I was in the seventh grade and everyone, even the guys, were drawn into the characters. Cusik captured everything that a great book needs, and even more. This is definatly one of the best book I have ever read.
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Summary: trick or treat
Review: This was the first book I ever read of Richie Cusick's and it was and has been my favorite of all her books. The scene is set when Martha is in a car with her father to go to their new home. Martha's new stepmother and stepbrother are already there. Conner if the name of her stepbrother and she thinks that he is annoying. She goes to school and meets up with Wynn and her cousin Blake. Martha falls in love with Blake but is haunted by the boyfriend of the girl who was murdered in her house. (Or so she thinks)The ghost thinks that she is the girl come back from the grave and trys to kill her again.
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