To spice things up, Christina decides the two should pick up a hitchhiker, James, on the side of the road.

They have a long drive that neither girl is particularly happy to be on. If you love Point Horror do check out my Point Horror Instagram page this story, Christina and Terry are on their way home from Florida. Give it a read if you enjoy Survive The Night by Riley Sager, Joyride / Roadkill (film), books about road trips, or unpredictable endings!

It was also very audacious of him at the time (1993!) to have central characters who were essentially unlikeable and sociopathic and it plays way against type in terms of the other Point Horrors, and has fun along the way! The change of perspective in the chopping and changing of the narrative kept me guessing who the villain of this was. I could almost imagine the scenes as though it were a film. He uses a very cinematic style, which I loved. You can tell this one was very carefully plotted out, and not made up as he went along. I think Stine’s writing is at its best in this book. And with one of the best Point Horror endings ever! With a cliffhanger ending on every chapter I would say this is more violent than our usual Point Horror! A slightly darker and more adult tone, along with the unexpected gore. Other than putting people off visiting Florida for life the two girls decide their next destination is Tampa as they just cannot deal with everyone in Florida driving 15mph! This is when they decide to pick up a Hitchhiker called James who shows them how to work the a/c in their car! But soon they realise they are being followed….but by who! And with reports of an elderly man being killed by a hitchhiker suspicions soon fall on the bad tempered James. Two girls, Christina and Terri have been living dangerously and visiting…… Florida! And we find out that it is very different from Mickey Mouse ears and visiting Disneyland. 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. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold. 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. 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. 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. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences.

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