Mental disorders

I think these qualify as Twilight Zone for kids and tweens...simple, easy to read...but compelling and slightly frightening, Don't Forget Me has a VERY Twilight Zone feel to the beginning and it holds up fairly well with the first person narrative (story is told from the perspective of Danielle, a 15 year old whose family just moved into an old rambling house).

As it happens, Danielle has an annoying little brother and just may get her wish to be an only child...this book piles it on with bumps in the night, doors that open by themselves and apparitions...that and a creepy old basement helps things along quite nicely! Will Danielle be able to help her family remember her and her brother? You'll have to read to find out...and it also has a further tip of the hat to Twilight Zone at the very end...quite well done!

This is our first experience with R.L. Stein and we'll probably be back for more. We're also looking to get Girl (who is finally old enough to read such things on her own) some of the Goosebumps stories to read...especially since fall is coming on and we all LOVE Halloween. ( )

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