Young Scrooge, R. L. Stine
Young Scrooge, R. L. Stine
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Young Scrooge
A Very Scary Christmas Story

Author: R. L. Stine

Narrator: Andrew Eiden

Unabridged: 3 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2022

Synopsis

Young Scrooge: A Very Scary Christmas Story is a funny, scary middle-grade send up of A Christmas Carol, about a boy who hates Christmas, from bestselling Goosebumps author R. L. Stine.Rick Scroogeman hates Christmas. He can’t stand the carols and the pageants. He can’t stand the lights and the mistletoe. But what he hates the most is having to watch the old movie A Christmas Carol every year at school. Since his name is Scroogeman, all of his classmates start calling him Scrooge. And he hates being called Scrooge.But everything starts to change when three ghosts visit him. At first, he thinks it’s a dream. But then he realizes that it might be a nightmare. A nightmare that could become real.

About R. L. Stine

R. L. Stine is the author of the bestselling Goosebumps and Fear Street series, as well as the stand-alone novels It’s the First Day of School . . . Forever! and A Midsummer Night’s Scream. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jane, and their dog, Minnie.

About Andrew Eiden

Andrew Eiden is an audiobook narrator who came from a long line of theater folk and has been acting since the age of four. He has starred in dozens of commercials as well as multiple television shows. At the age of eleven, he won first place in a local drama festival, which jumpstarted his acting career. He has performed in theaters ranging from the Glendale Center Theater to the Pasadena Playhouse.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro

Mischievously good xmas book! LI’L HUMBUGS!!! This is a re-imagination written by R.L. Stine (famous creator of Goosebumps) of the classic A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, which certainly is no short of re-imaginations like the one with The Muppets or the live-action film Scrooged starrin......more

Goodreads review by Justin

A middle-grade ode to Charles Dickens that not only references A Christmas Carol, but Bleak House, The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist and more. Rick Scroogeman is our pre-teen stand-in for the infamous Ebenezer. He is characterized as a bully, only it's more unusual than that. Bullies tend to terroriz......more

Goodreads review by Brenda

For me, R.L. Stine still has all the magic he did when I was a kid reading Goosebumps. He was the only guy who made me nervous about vampires and forgotten old cameras. As an adult I've ventured into his more "mature" novels, and they're just as campy and fun as his original works. Read A Midsummer......more

Goodreads review by D

I got this e-ARC from Netgalley. This read was a bit strange for me. I both enjoyed it, but also found myself rolling my eyes at some things. The story is about a bully who learns his lesson via getting 'Scrooge'd. He bullies a bunch of kids, basically ruins Christmas for everyone, then gets whisked......more

Goodreads review by C.

This is a standalone novel that must be by author or publisher preference, because other than being a Christmas novel, it being a retelling is right up Goosebumps alley. It’s written as a horror in typical Stine style. The novel features Rick Scroogeman, a kid who hates Christmas. He thinks he’s fri......more

Quotes

“As usual, Stine delivers the hilarity and horror that readers love, and his mastery of sustaining mood will not disappoint…Kids will love the twist at the end.” School Library Journal (starred review) on It’s the First Day of School…Forever!

“Stine brings his characteristic humor and light scares to a reworking of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, set at Oliver Twist Middle School…It’s eerie holiday fun.” Publishers Weekly

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