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The Secret

by R.L. Stine · 1993 · 147 pages

Book 2 of The Fear Street Saga Trilogy series

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In this terrifying new trilogy, R.L. Stine takes readers back in time, telling them finally the awful truth of what happened to the cursed Fear family . . . and why their evil lives on. Simon Fier meets an old gypsy who tells him his family will all die in a terrible fire. Terrified, he changes the family name to Fear, but he can't escape the curse.

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Genre
horrorparanormalfantasymysterythriller
Themes
childhoodmurder
Mood
nostalgiacreepy
Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
short · 147 pages

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