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Goosebumps Horrorland: #4: The Scream of the Haunted Mask
by R. L. Stine

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Goosebumps Horrorland: #4: The Scream of the Haunted Mask

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Terry Miller Shannon

THE SCREAM OF THE HAUNTED MASK starts off with a bang as Carly Beth fights to control her mind against the pull of the Haunted Mask in the basement. Carly Beth repeatedly tries to stop herself from creeping down the stairs to the basement in the middle of the night, but she is being pulled against her every effort to resist. Her heart pounds and she can barely breathe as she opens the old black box and takes out the mask. She can't help putting it on her head. When she finally screams and manages to yank it off, the mask begins to scream.
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Teaser

After the worst Halloween ever, Carly Beth assumed that nothing could be scarier than a drooling rubber mask with a mind of its own. The Haunted Mask is its name. Don't wear it out. 

One year later, the ugly, green mask mysteriously calls out to her again, and ugly, green masks don't like to be ignored. 

If Carly Beth can survive the night, even a terrifying amusement park like HorrorLand might seem like a vacation. Then again, maybe not…

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After the worst Halloween ever, Carly Beth assumed that nothing could be scarier than a drooling rubber mask with a mind of its own. The Haunted Mask is its name. Don't wear it out. 

One year later, the ugly, green mask mysteriously calls out to her again, and ugly, green masks don't like to be ignored. 

If Carly Beth can survive the night, even a terrifying amusement park like HorrorLand might seem like a vacation. Then again, maybe not…

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