Book Review of The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (Goosebumps Book #14) by R. L. Stine
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine is the story of a
creature that lurked behind the thickets of Fever Swamp. Grady’s parents moved
to a house near Fever Swamp mainly because of the swamp deer that they had
acquired from somewhere in South America. In their new residence, they put up a
pen for them. With their father insisting them to explore the surroundings,
Grady and his sister Emily went to the Fever Swamp. Once inside, they got lost.
After a lot of difficulties they finally got back to their house. However,
inside the swamp they found a shack and a strange man living there all alone.
The man, they were told later, was the swamp hermit, who had been living there
for a very long time. Inside the swamp the man gave them a chase, so Grady was
not sure he was completely harmless, as his dad assured him to be. Though it is
unusual for wolves to inhabit a swamp, they were often awakened from their
sleep by loud howls that seemed to be coming from Fever Swamp.
Soon Grady befriended Will and Cassie, two children of about
the same age as Grady. From them Grady learned about a few legends about the
Fever Swamp and its hermit. Meanwhile, a Mr. Warner went missing. He had gone
to the swamp for hunting and didn’t return after that. Cassie attributed it to
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp. She suspected the swamp hermit to be the werewolf.
Grady befriended an enormous dog, that appeared one day at their doorstep and
insisted to pet him. Because of its size, Grady wanted to call it Wolf.
Wolf
started following him everywhere, even on his little adventures into the Fever
Swamp. On one such adventure, Grady and his friends came face to face with the
swamp hermit. From here the story paced up. Soon Grady was to find out the
truth about The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, when the beast would pounce on him - at the same time revealing its true identity. The Werewolf turned out to be someone he knew and trusted.
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp is the 14th book from
R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps horror series. Goosebumps books are highly popular
among teenagers. The language is pretty decent and simple. The brevity of
Goosebumps books make them particularly suitable for young readers. Though this
book may not give you a nightmare or something, it will certainly give you some
thrill. I’d like to put this book under ‘mildly scary’ category. To the kids,
who have more vivid imaginations, The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine
can be quite intriguing.
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