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Baby-Sitter's Nightmares #2
The Evil Child
Toni has never met a kid like William. He's smart, very smart. When he's quiet, it's time for Toni to get worried. For he may be building something terrible--and he may want to test his invention on her.
- GenresHorror
168 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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August 31, 2024
3.5 stars? This actually isn’t bad and has some genuinely creepy moments, however the title is a major spoiler. I’m not saying I would have 100% been surprised if the title wasn’t a spoiler (there were only so many suspects) but it’s definitely a let down knowing exactly what’s coming.
I thought it was written fine and the characters were mostly sympathetic and easy enough to follow. I would check out more from this author in the future. Assuming all his books aren’t spoiled by the titles.
I thought it was written fine and the characters were mostly sympathetic and easy enough to follow. I would check out more from this author in the future. Assuming all his books aren’t spoiled by the titles.
January 9, 2018
It's possible I'm biased due to my love of evil child stories, but The Evil Child is a solid entry in the genre. A likeable protagonist and good writing make an outlandish premise fun to read, even while you're pointing out everything wrong with it. Also, there are alligators.
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November 14, 2025
Dutch edition of The Evil Child by M.C. Sumner.
I had a blast reading this! I couldn't put this down and the ending was brutal, shocking and quite daring for a book like this.
I had a blast reading this! I couldn't put this down and the ending was brutal, shocking and quite daring for a book like this.
March 1, 2020
Een leuk jeugdboekje, uit de Babysitters Nightmares. Het leest heerlijk vlot weg, ik heb het dan ook in één ruk uitgelezen!
Jessie en haar moeder zijn pas verhuisd. Jessie probeert de buurt te verkennen en op zoek te gaan naar een bijbaantje, terwijl haar moeder bezig gaat met het inrichten van de nieuwe woning. Al snel leert Jessie een lokaal meisje kennen, Jennifer, die haar door de omgeving leidt en haar zelfs door een gevonden advertentie aan een bijbaan helpt. Oppassen. Oppassen in een woning die iedereen van buiten kent, maar waar niemand ooit nog binnen is geweest. Oppassen op een eenzaam jongetje wat toch wel vreemd behandeld wordt, maar zich bovenal nogal vreemd gedraagt...
Eerlijk gezegd merk ik er tijdens het lezen niet veel van dat dit een jeugdboekje is. Het verhaal is erg spannend. Aan het eind van het boek was ik zelfs even verbaasd toen ik me weer realiseerde dat Jessie nog maar een tiener is. Evenals William, die nog maar een kind is.
Jessie en haar moeder zijn pas verhuisd. Jessie probeert de buurt te verkennen en op zoek te gaan naar een bijbaantje, terwijl haar moeder bezig gaat met het inrichten van de nieuwe woning. Al snel leert Jessie een lokaal meisje kennen, Jennifer, die haar door de omgeving leidt en haar zelfs door een gevonden advertentie aan een bijbaan helpt. Oppassen. Oppassen in een woning die iedereen van buiten kent, maar waar niemand ooit nog binnen is geweest. Oppassen op een eenzaam jongetje wat toch wel vreemd behandeld wordt, maar zich bovenal nogal vreemd gedraagt...
Eerlijk gezegd merk ik er tijdens het lezen niet veel van dat dit een jeugdboekje is. Het verhaal is erg spannend. Aan het eind van het boek was ik zelfs even verbaasd toen ik me weer realiseerde dat Jessie nog maar een tiener is. Evenals William, die nog maar een kind is.
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June 6, 2025
I think I could have enjoyed this Baby-Sitter's Nightmares book better if it didn't spoil by the title what we were in for.
Mostly because the first half of the book is talking about our main character, Toni West, and her mother moving from Colorado to Florida. It is good to establish the story, but this goes on forever and all we really learn is Toni's father died.
Toni's mother has a job and right now, there is no phone or TV set-up in their new home, so Toni goes looking around to perhaps find a job on the bulletin board at the nearest store. She meets a girl her age named Jennifer out and about on the beach during the summer and she takes Toni around to meet some of her friends.
Jennifer soon finds a paper with slips offering a baby-sitting job and a phone number to call for Toni when she lucks out on finding a job during tourist season.
The job is to watch an eleven-year-old boy named William for two weeks while his parents go out of town. Toni will have to stay at the home which is about fifty miles away but is assured there will be a housekeeper there. Toni's mother isn't thrilled about the length, but Toni says she will be paid very well that she can save up to by her own car.
Jennifer drives her out to the home of the Southerland family and tells Toni that she swears that a family named Brooklyn use to live out this way. The housekeeper, Mrs. Pettigrew, isn't happy to see Jennifer and the girl leaves Toni to her job. The parents, Paul and Marion, rush off to leave Mrs. Pettigrew with the explanation of Toni's job.
The woman does the laundry and cleaning and makes the meals, but William is Toni's responsibility because at night, she goes home to her husband and returns in the mornings. William is introduced as a very smart for his age but lonely child but...we already know that he is not.
126 pages in, with only four more chapters to go, and we finally get some action and information.
The Evil Child is not as good as A Killer in The House from this same series but how William meets his end and the way we get to the ending is worth it for just how cheesy it is.
Two more books for me to find, Lights Out and Alone in The Dark.
Mostly because the first half of the book is talking about our main character, Toni West, and her mother moving from Colorado to Florida. It is good to establish the story, but this goes on forever and all we really learn is Toni's father died.
Toni's mother has a job and right now, there is no phone or TV set-up in their new home, so Toni goes looking around to perhaps find a job on the bulletin board at the nearest store. She meets a girl her age named Jennifer out and about on the beach during the summer and she takes Toni around to meet some of her friends.
Jennifer soon finds a paper with slips offering a baby-sitting job and a phone number to call for Toni when she lucks out on finding a job during tourist season.
The job is to watch an eleven-year-old boy named William for two weeks while his parents go out of town. Toni will have to stay at the home which is about fifty miles away but is assured there will be a housekeeper there. Toni's mother isn't thrilled about the length, but Toni says she will be paid very well that she can save up to by her own car.
Jennifer drives her out to the home of the Southerland family and tells Toni that she swears that a family named Brooklyn use to live out this way. The housekeeper, Mrs. Pettigrew, isn't happy to see Jennifer and the girl leaves Toni to her job. The parents, Paul and Marion, rush off to leave Mrs. Pettigrew with the explanation of Toni's job.
The woman does the laundry and cleaning and makes the meals, but William is Toni's responsibility because at night, she goes home to her husband and returns in the mornings. William is introduced as a very smart for his age but lonely child but...we already know that he is not.
126 pages in, with only four more chapters to go, and we finally get some action and information.
The Evil Child is not as good as A Killer in The House from this same series but how William meets his end and the way we get to the ending is worth it for just how cheesy it is.
Two more books for me to find, Lights Out and Alone in The Dark.
February 8, 2022
Are you idiot , I think you are making us fool that's not right I m filling your steps then your work to complete your registration , just disgusting
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