Book Overview
When the Devil's Elbow roller coaster goes off track, killing one teenager and maiming two others, everyone thinks it's just an accident . . . except Tess. She saw someone tampering with the track.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0590430505
ISBN13:9780590430500
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:Scholastic
Length:163 Pages
Weight:0.23 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"
Age Range:12 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 7 and higher
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
YOU CAN DIE LAUGHING...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
YOU CAN DIE LAUGHING...that was the pun statement on the frontcover of this thriller!!! Tess, the heroine, must find out who the killer is before he/she kills off all of her friends. I remember this book as my very first Young Adult horror story and its ironic because most kids' firsts were R.L.Stine or Caroline B. Cooney. It's skillfully written and sort of similar to A Nightmare On Elm Street because the kids are being punished for what their lousy parents did in the past. Also, I came to realize that ALL of Diane Hoh's YA thrillers come with a warning: SUBJECT MATTER MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR PEACE OF MIND. And they did! I recommend this classic to the mature in mind because Hoh's stories are dangerously psychotic. However, if you wanna take a killjoyin' ride, then enter FUNHOUSE at your risk!!! Remember, YOU CAN DIE LAUGHING!!! Seriously!!!!
Funhouse-Whodunit?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Oh my! THis was a really good book, but the end is very surprising. Diane Hoh keeps you in suspense right until the very end. She makes you paranoid about everyone in the book only to discover that the one you're least worried about is really your enemy. Looking back I missed a lot of obvious clues to the guilty party and I got caught up in stereotypes but it's still a really great book.
Creepy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I loved this book. It was so creepy and kept you guessing. I was on the edge of my seat!!
This Funhouse isn't fun for Tess
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Great book! Kept me reading! A little predictable, when it came to the crimes, but still a great mystery. A few things that the killer did were really cruel. This book really made me think about who the suspects were. I never knew until it said. Diane Hoh writes great suspense stories so you should read as many of them as you can!!! Elyse
You can die laughing.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
A roller-coaster ride of a book. Thrills. Chills. Unexpected bumps along the track. The Boardwalk is an amusement park where fun, laughter, excitement (and murder?) are all found. Tess is certain that the "accidents" happening there are really planned murders. Too bad no one will believe her! Soon, Tess learns that someone close to her is the likely murderer. Why would anyone use the amusement park as the site of the murders? Who is it? Next time you walk into a funhouse, look behind your shoulder, you never know what may be lurking in the shadows..
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