Jungle Raid

G.I. Joe #5

by R.L. Stine

Combat, he can handle - but being pushed into a pit teeming with angry, poisonous scorpions? Not even undercover expert Chuckles can joke about that.

In fact, the entire mission has been no laughing matter for the G.I.Joe Team. Their orders were to stop a rebel mercenary force in the steaming jungles of South America, but now nothing is as it seems: the once-silent jungle now quakes with Dreadnok Thunder Machines, the rebels turn out to be crack Crimson Guards, and even Hawk has begun to act a little strange. It appears to be the work of the vile COBRA Commander, his evil genius ally Dr. Mindbender, and an incredibly powerful mind control serum - or is it?

Gung-Ho, Sneak Peek, Fast Draw, Roadblock, Crazy Legs, Falcon, and Jinx won't know the answers until they overcome the trained killer crocs, the lightning-quick COBRA Swampfire jungle vehicles, and perhaps their own men. And they won't know the real truth until they unmask COBRA Commander in the final seconds of the startling conclusion to JUNGLE RAID.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

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.

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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Reviews

[I.D. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Written in very short and simple sentences, this book has one of the most abrupt endings ever. Things are just sort of wrapped up in 2 pages and the mind control Drug is just tossed away. I’m guessing Stine over plotted then just decided to stop when he hit his contracted word count. For hardcore GI Joe fans only.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a GREAT book, full of Joe characters and plot twists. All was going well until there was the largest abrupt end I'd ever read! In a page and a half the book was wrapped up and finished. Such a downer!! No adequate closure or finish in the wya you'd hope for. Still want to read others in the series, however...

[Chad Lamb · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read it when I was in middle school and years later when I found out that it's author and that of the Siege of Serpentor book was R. L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series, I was amazed. It was a good book, I'll have to say.