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The Baby-Sitter (Point Horror)
by
R.L. Stine
An innocent baby-sitting job turns into a nightmare when Jenny discovers she's the next victim of a crazed attacker.
Mass Market Paperback, 167 pages
Published
October 1st 1998
by Scholastic
(first published 1989)
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Scared to Death
The Babysitter Scholastic, 1989, pg 167, $5.99
R.L. Stine ISBN: 0439992494
Ever have you imagine being a babysitter could change your life? Not all babysitters are happy about their job. Jenny, a normal high school student, was accepted to a babysitting job. Jenny thought that babysitting was not hard, but she was wrong. It changed her life.
The Babysitter, the name of this book, is written by R. L. Stine. R. L. Stine is one of the famous writers that wrote Goosebumps. His writing...more
The Babysitter Scholastic, 1989, pg 167, $5.99
R.L. Stine ISBN: 0439992494
Ever have you imagine being a babysitter could change your life? Not all babysitters are happy about their job. Jenny, a normal high school student, was accepted to a babysitting job. Jenny thought that babysitting was not hard, but she was wrong. It changed her life.
The Babysitter, the name of this book, is written by R. L. Stine. R. L. Stine is one of the famous writers that wrote Goosebumps. His writing...more
Jenny is a high-school girl who takes on a new baby-sitting job with the Hagens, a family who newly moved into the town. As she begins her regular biweekly care of mischievous six-year-old Donny, mysterious and unsettling things begin happening: she is the target of weird phone calls, creepy messages, and suspicious behaviors. Mr. Hagen is a high-strung father who has difficulty trusting her, the neighbor Willers seems to always be sneaking around the house at night, the new boy and potential lo...more
I bought this in a charity shop for 25 pence. I couldn't resist revisiting R.L. Stine. I couldn't get enough of the Goosebumps books when I was younger.
It was a quick read. Nothing brilliant but I liked it. It wasn't well written and I wasn't surprised by the "plot twist". There were also some unbelievable things in it. (view spoiler)...more
It was a quick read. Nothing brilliant but I liked it. It wasn't well written and I wasn't surprised by the "plot twist". There were also some unbelievable things in it. (view spoiler)...more
Jenny Jeffers is a fifteen-year-old, who is interested in making some extra cash as a babysitter. She keeps a six-year-old named Donny Hagen from jumping into the fountain at the mall, and this catches the attention of his parents. Also, Donny becomes fond of Jenny, so they request that she babysits him. When she arrives at the house, she notices that there are only three houses in the neighborhood and the Hagens' house looks very old and creepy. To strengthen her fear, she hears disturbing news...more
The Baby-Sitter is a book written by R.L Stine, this story was about a girl named Jenny who goes out with her best friend to a mall and there they spot a little boy alone, they go talk to him until his parents arrive and just as they did Jenny finds out they need a baby-sitter and Jenny needed the extra cash so she took it gladly even with hearing on the news that every baby-sitter was being murdered. As a couple of days passed that she was working she would receive these calls saying “company’...more
I found the books in this mini-series for cheap at Half Price and decided to read them now that I have all of them. This was just an 'ok' R.L. Stine book. It was creepy, but nowhere near the best I've read. I actually liked the cast of characters. Jenny was a fun main character and I liked how she was always so paranoid about things going on. It reminded me of myself, since I have an overactive imagination. The little boy Donny that she babysat was meh. He got on my nerves a bit and made me reme...more
I recently finished the book The Babysitter by R.L. Stine.
It's an amazing book about this girl named Jenny Morgan who babysits this little boy named Donny Hagen on Thursdays and Saturdays. The house is creepy and far away from home. While she babysits though, she gets weird calls from someone with a hoarse voice who asks her if she's all alone in that big house and tells her that company's coming.
It's a thrilling, exciting, filled with suspense book and I rated it 5 stars just for that.
You get h...more
It's an amazing book about this girl named Jenny Morgan who babysits this little boy named Donny Hagen on Thursdays and Saturdays. The house is creepy and far away from home. While she babysits though, she gets weird calls from someone with a hoarse voice who asks her if she's all alone in that big house and tells her that company's coming.
It's a thrilling, exciting, filled with suspense book and I rated it 5 stars just for that.
You get h...more
This is one of the books that I always think of as the flagship stories for Point Horror. It is perhaps the most famous of the PH titles. It's an odd book for me - in my head it's long and epic, and when I start reading I'm surprised at how quickly it goes by.
Jenny's just started a new babysitting job, for an adorable, if overly mischievous, kid. The house is a creepy old mansion, but she adores the child. Then she starts getting phone calls - "Hi Babes. Are you all alone? Don't worry, company's...more
Jenny's just started a new babysitting job, for an adorable, if overly mischievous, kid. The house is a creepy old mansion, but she adores the child. Then she starts getting phone calls - "Hi Babes. Are you all alone? Don't worry, company's...more
Dear Charan,
I am reading a book entitled, "The Baby-sitter" by R.L. Stine which is a work of a horror story. This book I would recommend to someone because it is so engaging, it's spooky and makes me want to read even more to see what is going to happen next. This book is overall about how a teenage girl is a babysitter and experiences paranormal activity while babysitting at the Hagen's old home.
If I were the character Jenny, I would not work as a baby-sitter anymore because being a baby-si...more
I am reading a book entitled, "The Baby-sitter" by R.L. Stine which is a work of a horror story. This book I would recommend to someone because it is so engaging, it's spooky and makes me want to read even more to see what is going to happen next. This book is overall about how a teenage girl is a babysitter and experiences paranormal activity while babysitting at the Hagen's old home.
If I were the character Jenny, I would not work as a baby-sitter anymore because being a baby-si...more
i could not put this book down. from begining to end it kept me hooked. i couldnt wait to see what would happen to the main characters. its as if their fears were my fears!
Dear Nidia
I'm reading a book entitled The Babysitter by R.L Stine which is a work of Horror. This book is about a girl who takes a babysitter job that is offered to her after she finds a little boy in the mall by himself. At first she is reluctant about taking it but does anyway because of how well she and the little boy Donny clicked with each other. On her first night she has a lot of fun. But the more and more she goes to babysit she starts to get strange phone calls. But she doesn't know if...more
I'm reading a book entitled The Babysitter by R.L Stine which is a work of Horror. This book is about a girl who takes a babysitter job that is offered to her after she finds a little boy in the mall by himself. At first she is reluctant about taking it but does anyway because of how well she and the little boy Donny clicked with each other. On her first night she has a lot of fun. But the more and more she goes to babysit she starts to get strange phone calls. But she doesn't know if...more
Personally I think a bunch of R.L Stine books are a little kidish and not all that scary but have very interesting twists at the end especially the fear street specials. This one I didn't hate it, but it still didn't hold very good interest... (My opinion totally) All the stuff happening to was pretty creepy and I would've totally freaked had I been in her shoes. But the thing that always bugged me was the fact that I hated how she always suspected Chuck! It made me so mad because it's never who...more
This book is CREEP, but really good. When i start reading, I couldn't stop even though I'm scared to death too. I think Jenny is really brave to continue baby-sit Donny, at first, I thought it's Willers who makes those scary phone calls. I know that there's something wrong with Hagen family, Mr. Hagen is always worried too much and acts really weird. Donny, even though he's cute but the fact that he likes to scared people is really annoying. As I was reading, I can see clearly those imagines ins...more
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3/5 Good short horror :)
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The Babysitter, is about a young babysitter who discovers she is the next victim of a notorious babysitter attacker. The ending will shock you and leave you afraid to stay alone It was a great book, so good I just couldn't put it down and wanting to know what happens next! I would definitely recommend it to girls that are a fan of thriller books. This book gets a bit scary at the end; impossible to guess, I wasn’t expecting it! If you read this book you might want to read The Babysitter 2 and...more
Keeps you on the edge, a bitty feeling that something is going to happen. Poor Jenny, the author never allowed her to enjoy her baby-sitting from beginning till the end, although she needed the extra money. There was also something creepy that leads to a very unexpected climax preceded by a series of chilling anti-climaxes involving the house, the little boy and the many who pops up in different places.
It has been forever since I've read any R.L. Stine but I friend thrusted this one upon me and I had no choice but to read it.
This book is a very quick read but most of R.L. Stine's books are.
Although I feel like I'm out of that stage where I read nothing but Goosebumps and Fear Street, I was still satisfied with the book. It had amazing twists and creepy moments. It did not disappoint.
This book is a very quick read but most of R.L. Stine's books are.
Although I feel like I'm out of that stage where I read nothing but Goosebumps and Fear Street, I was still satisfied with the book. It had amazing twists and creepy moments. It did not disappoint.
Sep 12, 2009
Bethany
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I read this book years ago and it freaked the hell out of me. Nothing has compared ot it since- and I've read Syephen Kings It/ The Shining and this gave me the chills from the start.
I read it numerous times each time getting nervous and jumpy. I didn't realise it was a series though until just now so I'm going to look into the others in the series.
I read it numerous times each time getting nervous and jumpy. I didn't realise it was a series though until just now so I'm going to look into the others in the series.
another good book from R. L Stine..!
this book was all about Jenny, the baby sitter, i did'nt know much of what had happened on part 1 but some flashbacks are written on book 2.
Jenny, struggled to get away from the memories of the crazy father whom she was baby sitting before, that guy had died but the memories aren't.
this book was all about Jenny, the baby sitter, i did'nt know much of what had happened on part 1 but some flashbacks are written on book 2.
Jenny, struggled to get away from the memories of the crazy father whom she was baby sitting before, that guy had died but the memories aren't.
Unoriginal but entertaining entry into the Point Horror series from the usually reliable R.L. Stine. The story is your typical babysitter receiving threatening phone calls setup and the final reveal isn't all that shocking but it's written so well and has a number of decent characters that makes this worth the read.
Such an amazing read and I love the works of R.L. Stine. I will say that by the end of the novel I wanted more and if the bookstore hadnt only had the first book I would have purchased the entire 4-set. The stalker was definitly a twist I did not expect which I loved but I so wanted more!
This whole series was fantastic!! I loved all of them!! What I liked about this series was as he wrote more, they didn't get dumb or cheesy, they were all consistent and really good! I still get freaked whenever I have to babysit my brothers and I read this years ago!!
Omigosh I forgot all about my brief obsession with R.L. Stine books when I was a pre-teen! This one is great. I still think about it at completely random moments. Something to do with a tarantula and the creepy, nervous little boy she's babysitting for ...
As you get older you realize that Stine is not a great writer...but at less than 200 pages each, his books are a fun, quick, and sometimes scary read if you don't have time to sit down with a novel. Oh yeah, and you can find them used for about 50 cents each.
This thrilling book will send you to great mysteries and lead you to thinking about it everyday.
It's about this girl named Jenny who just started babysitting this new kid in a VERY big house. There's been weird phone calls and she's not even sure if it's her friend calling her or not. Weird things were happening in the house with the parents and the kid. Is it her friend that keeps messing with her? Does he really need to scare her like this?
I loved this book, I wonder if there's a new episod...more
It's about this girl named Jenny who just started babysitting this new kid in a VERY big house. There's been weird phone calls and she's not even sure if it's her friend calling her or not. Weird things were happening in the house with the parents and the kid. Is it her friend that keeps messing with her? Does he really need to scare her like this?
I loved this book, I wonder if there's a new episod...more
Pretty much read all the point horror series when I was little but do still have the books and will be collecting them and passing them down to my children one day, if they have the same gore-tastic taste in horror as I do.
The one thing I remember the most about this book is how the main character noticed that her mother looked older. What a weird thing to take out of that! Oh, and of course who the bad guy was...it was pretty creepy!!
This book (and the two following it) were in the free box at the used bookstore so I picked them up. TOTALLY does a great job describing all of the freaky sounds and fears you have when you're babysitting.
It was a good read to remind me of my childhood. I used to read anything by r.l. Stein like it was my job! super quick read, only took about an hour or so, but it was a delightful way to pass the time.
...she stopped past the low changing table, an open box of pampers in the corner. Past the dresser which had several stuffed animals piled on top. "Peter? Time for a snack," Debra called softly. She leaned over the crib and peered down anxiously. "Peter?" The crib was empty. Jenny, the main character in this book has just gotten over her past-several traumatizing experiences that happened while she was baby sitting. But she has finally overcome her fear of baby sitting and is back on the job. Un...more
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Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
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