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Ghosts of Fear Street #19
Three Evil Wishes
Hannah won’t open the bottle she found in Fear Lake. Not after she read the label, warning danger.But her younger brother, Jesse, isn’t afraid. He pulls off the cork—and lets loose some big a genie who’s been trapped inside for one hundred years. And he’s not happy about it!Now that the genie’s free, he’s got plans. Evil plans—for Jesse and Hannah.
128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 1997
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R.L. Stine
1,683 books18.7k followersRobert 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.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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October 29, 2015
It literally took me about 30 minutes to sit down and read this just now. As a kid, this is one of the few "Ghosts of Fear Street" (or Fear Street, Goosebumps, etc.) that I didn't ever read physically. I somehow had the audiobook, on cassette tape...
So while I'm sitting here showing my age, just let me tell you that the audio SCARED THE BEEJEEZUS OUT OF ME!!! As a kid, it made me afraid to be in a dark room alone. But I was also the kid with a vampire as an imaginary friend, named Vampy, who lived in a creepy castle (there were trapdoors under my sister's bed and in the closet -- I used to love hiding under the bed). Call me contradictory and also kinda weird. But yeah, BEEJEEZUS!!!
I remember it being longer, but the audiobook probably stretched it out to a couple hours. I could hear the narration in my head while reading, even after all these years, so I'm grading up. Cause even while I was thinking how cheesy it was, I could still appreciate the scare factor of it. Evil genies man, there's just something inherently freaky about them. I'd recommend it for more mature kids about ages 9-12. Not nearly as dated as some RL Stine books...but that might have something to do with this being ghostwritten. So, yeah.
So while I'm sitting here showing my age, just let me tell you that the audio SCARED THE BEEJEEZUS OUT OF ME!!! As a kid, it made me afraid to be in a dark room alone. But I was also the kid with a vampire as an imaginary friend, named Vampy, who lived in a creepy castle (there were trapdoors under my sister's bed and in the closet -- I used to love hiding under the bed). Call me contradictory and also kinda weird. But yeah, BEEJEEZUS!!!
I remember it being longer, but the audiobook probably stretched it out to a couple hours. I could hear the narration in my head while reading, even after all these years, so I'm grading up. Cause even while I was thinking how cheesy it was, I could still appreciate the scare factor of it. Evil genies man, there's just something inherently freaky about them. I'd recommend it for more mature kids about ages 9-12. Not nearly as dated as some RL Stine books...but that might have something to do with this being ghostwritten. So, yeah.
November 7, 2024
I picked Three Evil Wishes from the Ghosts Of Fear Street book series for two reasons.I have a family member with a birthday coming up and I love themes.I also picked it because it's been on my tbr for years.The story begins with our protagonist Hannah.She is working on a sculpture of her stepbrother ,Jesse.Hannah loves doing art and even has her own studio.Her mom says she does such a good job she gets to go to a college for art.Her stepbrother runs in and informs Hannah that two bullies known as the Burger Brothers got mud all over his shoes.They hear a scraping sound like a skateboard and the kids are scared because the bullies are known for riding skateboards.Their dog runs outside and the kids are scared the bullies are going to do something to the dog.It turns out to be a toddler from across the street riding in a big wheel.The next day the kids go to Fear Lake with their dog and run into the bullies who proceed to throw the kids backpack in the lake.The kids go get the bags and Hannah discovers a bottle with a label on it that says "danger, keep out".Jesse opens it up anyway and outcomes a genie.The genie is all purple. He offers to grant the kids three wishes.One of the funniest scenes is when he pops out and calls the kids short.The kids make their first wish and it's to be bigger and stronger then the Burger Brothers.This works well for Hannah and her dog,as Gene accidentally makes them bigger, but not her brother.He offers to change then back but in exchange for a wish.They talk him into changing them back to normal because afterall he's the one that messed up.The kids try to get Gene into his bottle,while they think of their other wish,but he wants none of it and turns into a human with one hundred year old clothing.They change his clothes to up to date stuff and he has dinner with the kids.One of the more funnier scenes shows Gene grab a full pizza fold it up and eat it leaving everyone else with nothing to eat.They run to the garage to escape from Gene for a while, but the Burger Brothers show up and wreck Hannah's sculpture.This prompts her and her brother to make their second wish and it's for the Burger Brothers to be afraid of them.The next day at school, the two bullies don't show up.Their mom picks them up from school and announces that the Brothers went missing.They call Gene back and he brings the two boys out from hiding, only they are now rabbits.The kids demand that Gene turn them back but the genie says it will be their third and final wish.They do wish it and the Brothers run away, and afterwards,the Genie tells the kids that since the wishes are used up one of the kids will have to take his place in the bottle.It can be either of them, but it has to be chosen at midnight.After this is the climax so im not going to spoil anymore but I'll say upfront.This is one of my favorites of the series.The Genie started off very silly and mysterious,but at the end he was very scary.Being forced to go inside a bottle is absolutely terrifying.I loved the resolution .The callback was done really well and the ending was really fun.Im actually giving Three Evil Wishes a five out of five stars.
October 16, 2022
This was short and fun and very Halloweenie! Found it on a bookshelf around the corner from crown fried chicken, along with many other books I will hopefully be reading soon. Still trying to save my 2022 reading goal even tho I'm like 30 books behind schedule. This book was fun, read it quickly in the car on the way back from a "pumpkin patch" yesterday, and then finished it early this morning. The characters are pretty good as far as these books go. Barky the dog kinda got me and was a hindrance or aid to the furthering of the plot at different points, which I enjoyed. I thought the description of Hannah's family life felt very realistic - little nuances, annoyances, and appreciations popped up and sometimes recurred later on. Jesse I thought was fine, a little annoying (he's the one in the horror book who has to be like "A bottle labeled DO NOT OPEN?? Whoops, corks off!") and makes poor decisions. The first Major one didn't bother me, but the book ends on a major major poor decision from Jesse just like, dude. Learn your lesson and cut it out.
Oh, the bullies were really really good bullies. I was wincing and upset during scenes when the bullies were throwing Hannah and Jesse's backpacks in the water (under the pretense of skipping stones), and when they destroyed Hannah's sculpture. Even the description of Jesse's shoes getting destroyed at the beginning worked really well because you got the sense of how much the damaged item mattered to the kid pre-destruction, you get the dread when the bullies appear, and then afterward you get the 'wtf are we going to do now??' So yeah, those characters were fun, and honestly the biggest part of what drove the story, convincing Jesse and Hannah to use the genie, and the bullies went through the most character growth which is kinda funny.
Genie was fine. I liked the scene where he ate the entire pizza at the dinner table and the parents are like. I am going to go fucking insane. BTW does anyone want a tuna fish sandwich. Genie's speech patterns were fun.
This book had a few failed attempts at stopping the genie, which I liked, because when searching for my page I thought I accidentally saw a huge spoiler but it was just one of the fake-outs. However, the final way that Hannah actually stops the genie is kind of an over-simplified let-down. I wish that the idea to use one of Hannah's sculptures had actually worked (maybe in a different way than expected) because art, specifically The Sculpture, is one of the first things to physically and emotionally appear in Hannah's world. So for that one to totally not work, and then a simple, overused, seen-it-before to come out of the blue and defeat the genie was a little bit of an anticipation let down.
This was book was fun, I liked it! Giving to Helen next.
Oh, the bullies were really really good bullies. I was wincing and upset during scenes when the bullies were throwing Hannah and Jesse's backpacks in the water (under the pretense of skipping stones), and when they destroyed Hannah's sculpture. Even the description of Jesse's shoes getting destroyed at the beginning worked really well because you got the sense of how much the damaged item mattered to the kid pre-destruction, you get the dread when the bullies appear, and then afterward you get the 'wtf are we going to do now??' So yeah, those characters were fun, and honestly the biggest part of what drove the story, convincing Jesse and Hannah to use the genie, and the bullies went through the most character growth which is kinda funny.
Genie was fine. I liked the scene where he ate the entire pizza at the dinner table and the parents are like. I am going to go fucking insane. BTW does anyone want a tuna fish sandwich. Genie's speech patterns were fun.
This book had a few failed attempts at stopping the genie, which I liked, because when searching for my page I thought I accidentally saw a huge spoiler but it was just one of the fake-outs. However, the final way that Hannah actually stops the genie is kind of an over-simplified let-down. I wish that the idea to use one of Hannah's sculptures had actually worked (maybe in a different way than expected) because art, specifically The Sculpture, is one of the first things to physically and emotionally appear in Hannah's world. So for that one to totally not work, and then a simple, overused, seen-it-before to come out of the blue and defeat the genie was a little bit of an anticipation let down.
This was book was fun, I liked it! Giving to Helen next.
December 10, 2019
The writer of the More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps story Fun with Spelling gives us a fine entry. Ir's a typical evil genie story but a decent one. He was a fun villain and I liked that the bullies were redeemed for once. It's as "fine" as you can get,
August 26, 2025
Like everyone else says about this one, it’s a by-the-numbers genie tale. I liked the characters—Gene was a bizarre highlight—and I’m glad about the turn-around on the Burger Brothers… what a last name lmao. The writing is decent, the story is engaging, and I quite liked the climax albeit feeling unnecessary. The story is alright and there’s nothing inherently bad about it (from a plotting standpoint), it just falls under extremely forgettable territory. Yeah, that’s really the main thing keeping this thing weighed down in score: it’s not memorable and really basic, even if it’s good. There’s a large plot hole in the climax that can be resolved by just breaking the bottle, which just felt dumb when you realized it. Just have one of the kids stand up, get it over with, and let them go immediately by either breaking the bottle or popping the cork. So stupid. The climax felt like an add-on in itself even if it is, again, good stuff. Oh, and I guess I have to bring it up… the first wish. Carolyn Crimi: fuck you. I’m sorry, but that’s just fetish crap and I don’t care if “it’s the 90s” or if “that’s a stretch—“ IT’S FUCKING WEIRD. It’s the same stuff that happened with iCarly and feet—writers shoving their fetishes into their work. This kinda stuff reminds me why I read these books: for comfort and fun. That stuff ruins that for me. Moving on… sorry for the rant… the book is fine overall, fuck that scene though. Overall, 6/10. It’s whatever. All I can think about is that one practical jokers bit with Joe as Aladdin lmao.
August 15, 2018
Zum Inhalt:
"Gefährlicher Inhalt. Nicht öffnen!", steht auf der Flasche, die Jesse und Hannah aus dem See gefischt haben. Doch Jesse hat den Korken schon herausgezogen - und einen Geist befreit! Leider ist der nicht so dankbar, wie die beiden anfangs glauben. Denn er war lange eingesperrt - und hat nun finstere Pläne ...
Cover:
Passend zu den anderen Covern der Reihe präsentiert sich auch dieses Cover in einem gruseligen Gewand. Zu sehen ist hier ein Geist, welcher hinterlistig drein schaut und aus einer Flasche empor steigt. Allein durch das Cover kann der kleine oder große Gruselfan bereits erkennen, was einen in dieser Geschichte erwartet. Das finde ich sehr passend.
Eigener Eindruck:
Hannah und ihr Bruder leben in der Fear Street, einer Straße, in der immer wieder gruselige Dinge geschehen. Die beiden sind recht klein geraten, was die Burger-Brüder zu ihrem Leidwesen immer wieder ausnutzen und die beiden Geschwister in Angst und Schrecken versetzen. Als die Burgers die Rucksäcke der Geschwister im hohen Bogen in den See im Fear Street Wald werfen, müssen Hannah und Jesse sie wieder heraus holen. Neben einem übel riechenden Gestank taucht inmitten des Sees plötzlich eine braune Glasflasche auf. Darauf steht, dass die Flasche einen gefährlichen Inhalt hat und keineswegs geöffnet werden soll. Doch ehe Hannah noch irgendwie widersprechen kann, hat Jesse den Korken bereits herausgezogen. Aus der Flasche kommt ein alter, lilafarbener Geist, der den Geschwistern drei Wünsche verspricht. Doch die beiden müssen bald feststellen, dass die Sache mit den drei Wünschen gar nicht so toll ist, wie sie erst dachten.
R.L. Stine, als gefeierter Jugend- und Kinderbuchautor, liefert hier in meinen Augen nur eine schwache Kur von dem ab, was er eigentlich leisten könnte - oder es ist für mich einfach nicht mehr spannend, da ich nicht mehr 10 Jahre bin... Die Geschichte an sich ist gut geschrieben. Die Satze sind verständlich, es bleiben keine Fragen offen und der logische Hergang ist vollkommen gegeben. Jedoch ist die Geschichte leicht voraus zu sagen und für mich an keiner Stelle auch nur ein bisschen spannend oder gruselig gewesen, was ich wirklich schade fand, denn als Kind beziehungsweise Jugendlicher habe ich die Werke von Stine allesamt geliebt. Mir fehlen jedoch in der Geschichte einfach die Details und Emotionen, die eine beklemmende Situation aufbauen, eine Situation, die die beiden Geschwister in Angst und Schrecken versetzt. Aber irgendwie war das alles so lasch dahin erzählt. Die Geschichte plätschert einfach so dahin, ohne richtig Fahrt aufzunehmen. Die Wünsche, die die Kinder aussprechen sind naiv, so soll es ja auch sein, aber irgendwie unglaubwürdig in meinen Augen. Es dreht sich alles nur darum den Burgers zu zeigen, wer der Chef ist. Kinder sind nicht nur auf eine Sache fixiert. Rache, sicher ja, das kann vorkommen. Aber wünschen sich Kinder nicht eher andere Dinge, wie endlos viel Eis oder so etwas? Da hätte man auch viel mehr Spielraum gehabt, anstatt sich immer wieder auf die eine Sache fest zu beißen. Und sind wir mal ehrlich, ist es nicht auch für einen Zehnjährigen logisch, sich nicht mehr einfach irgendetwas zu wünschen, wenn die Wünsche immer wieder nach hinten losgehen? Ich denke jeder wäre so schlau gewesen sich den Geist wieder in die Flasche zu wünschen.
Empfehlen möchte ich die Geschichte nicht, da sie mich nicht überzeugen konnte. Wäre ich vielleicht noch im jüngeren Publikum angesiedelt, hätte die Story mich wahrscheinlich fesseln können, deshalb erhält dieses Buch eine neutrale Bewertung von mir mit 3 von 5 Sternen.
"Gefährlicher Inhalt. Nicht öffnen!", steht auf der Flasche, die Jesse und Hannah aus dem See gefischt haben. Doch Jesse hat den Korken schon herausgezogen - und einen Geist befreit! Leider ist der nicht so dankbar, wie die beiden anfangs glauben. Denn er war lange eingesperrt - und hat nun finstere Pläne ...
Cover:
Passend zu den anderen Covern der Reihe präsentiert sich auch dieses Cover in einem gruseligen Gewand. Zu sehen ist hier ein Geist, welcher hinterlistig drein schaut und aus einer Flasche empor steigt. Allein durch das Cover kann der kleine oder große Gruselfan bereits erkennen, was einen in dieser Geschichte erwartet. Das finde ich sehr passend.
Eigener Eindruck:
Hannah und ihr Bruder leben in der Fear Street, einer Straße, in der immer wieder gruselige Dinge geschehen. Die beiden sind recht klein geraten, was die Burger-Brüder zu ihrem Leidwesen immer wieder ausnutzen und die beiden Geschwister in Angst und Schrecken versetzen. Als die Burgers die Rucksäcke der Geschwister im hohen Bogen in den See im Fear Street Wald werfen, müssen Hannah und Jesse sie wieder heraus holen. Neben einem übel riechenden Gestank taucht inmitten des Sees plötzlich eine braune Glasflasche auf. Darauf steht, dass die Flasche einen gefährlichen Inhalt hat und keineswegs geöffnet werden soll. Doch ehe Hannah noch irgendwie widersprechen kann, hat Jesse den Korken bereits herausgezogen. Aus der Flasche kommt ein alter, lilafarbener Geist, der den Geschwistern drei Wünsche verspricht. Doch die beiden müssen bald feststellen, dass die Sache mit den drei Wünschen gar nicht so toll ist, wie sie erst dachten.
R.L. Stine, als gefeierter Jugend- und Kinderbuchautor, liefert hier in meinen Augen nur eine schwache Kur von dem ab, was er eigentlich leisten könnte - oder es ist für mich einfach nicht mehr spannend, da ich nicht mehr 10 Jahre bin... Die Geschichte an sich ist gut geschrieben. Die Satze sind verständlich, es bleiben keine Fragen offen und der logische Hergang ist vollkommen gegeben. Jedoch ist die Geschichte leicht voraus zu sagen und für mich an keiner Stelle auch nur ein bisschen spannend oder gruselig gewesen, was ich wirklich schade fand, denn als Kind beziehungsweise Jugendlicher habe ich die Werke von Stine allesamt geliebt. Mir fehlen jedoch in der Geschichte einfach die Details und Emotionen, die eine beklemmende Situation aufbauen, eine Situation, die die beiden Geschwister in Angst und Schrecken versetzt. Aber irgendwie war das alles so lasch dahin erzählt. Die Geschichte plätschert einfach so dahin, ohne richtig Fahrt aufzunehmen. Die Wünsche, die die Kinder aussprechen sind naiv, so soll es ja auch sein, aber irgendwie unglaubwürdig in meinen Augen. Es dreht sich alles nur darum den Burgers zu zeigen, wer der Chef ist. Kinder sind nicht nur auf eine Sache fixiert. Rache, sicher ja, das kann vorkommen. Aber wünschen sich Kinder nicht eher andere Dinge, wie endlos viel Eis oder so etwas? Da hätte man auch viel mehr Spielraum gehabt, anstatt sich immer wieder auf die eine Sache fest zu beißen. Und sind wir mal ehrlich, ist es nicht auch für einen Zehnjährigen logisch, sich nicht mehr einfach irgendetwas zu wünschen, wenn die Wünsche immer wieder nach hinten losgehen? Ich denke jeder wäre so schlau gewesen sich den Geist wieder in die Flasche zu wünschen.
Empfehlen möchte ich die Geschichte nicht, da sie mich nicht überzeugen konnte. Wäre ich vielleicht noch im jüngeren Publikum angesiedelt, hätte die Story mich wahrscheinlich fesseln können, deshalb erhält dieses Buch eine neutrale Bewertung von mir mit 3 von 5 Sternen.
January 9, 2021
có ai cho e ba điều ước thì cứ 1 tiền 2 nhiều tiền 3 rất nhi��u tiền là xong 😌😌😌
August 11, 2022
i checked out like 5 of these from the library if u see this on ur feed ignore me
January 23, 2016
When I was little, I never really read many of the 'Ghosts of Fear Street' books. I don't know if there just weren't as many of them around as there were of 'Goosebumps', or if I jumped into the actual Fear Street (&a healthy dose of Christopher Pike) too early to really explore these ones, but this was one of the few that I owned and read. I remember loving it, but it just didn't have the same spark for me years later.
Generally, I can go back to being a child when I read children's books, but that must not have translated to this one. It's too bad, though it was still a fun, quick reading experience anyway. I've got one more 'Ghosts of Fear Street' book from my childhood, and I remember loving that one more - it's the one with that thing about cats? - so here's to hoping this one just didn't hold up.
Maybe it's because it's not QUITE as dated as other Stine books. I like the copious '90s references, and this one did not have that many.
Generally, I can go back to being a child when I read children's books, but that must not have translated to this one. It's too bad, though it was still a fun, quick reading experience anyway. I've got one more 'Ghosts of Fear Street' book from my childhood, and I remember loving that one more - it's the one with that thing about cats? - so here's to hoping this one just didn't hold up.
Maybe it's because it's not QUITE as dated as other Stine books. I like the copious '90s references, and this one did not have that many.
January 6, 2017
Al leer el título de este libro uno no imagina que habla de temas como el bullying y el apoyo entre hermanos. ¿Cuánta puede ser la rabia contenida por sufrir de bullying y a cuánto estaría dispuesto un niño por tener el deseo concedido de no sufrir más de ello? La primera mitad del libro me pareció que trata sobre este dilema. R. L. Stine le escribe a los niños y a los adolescentes asustándolos, pero al mismo tiempo entendiendo por las dificultades que pasan. Así como escribe a los adultos jóvenes en su serie de "La calle del terror". Un gran libro que deja enseñanzas sin perder el toque de terror. Con el típico buen final del autor que siempre son abiertos y con giros inesperados.
November 27, 2012
Sometimes even grown-ups want to have an easy lecture, so I chose this one, as I liked some of Stine's stories when I was younger. The story is not very new and the fantastic elements are a bit hyped up, but the story contains humor and a moral. Kool kids will like this.
January 10, 2016
Definitely not one of R.L. Stine's most original stories.
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January 28, 2017it is great
January 21, 2021
NNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 4, 2017
Me re gustó, siendo un cuento de terror para chicos me mantuvo re entretenida, me hizo reír, como también enojarme un poco.
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