Synopsis
Goosebumps : Stay Out Of The Basement is especially designed to appeal to middle-grade readers. Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they meet some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they notice that their father is developing plantlike tendencies. In fact, he is becoming distinctly weedy--and seedy. Is this just part of their father's 'harmless' experiment? Or has the basement turned into another little shop of horrors? With their father conducting strange experiments with plants in the basement, Margaret and Casey begin to investigate and soon discover that their father has begun to resemble a plant.
About the Author
Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer and producer. Stine, who is called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the Author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The Nightmare Room series. Some of his other works include aSpace Cadets trilogy, two Hark gamebooks, and dozens of joke books. R. L. Stine's books have sold over 400 million copies as of 2008. Stine was born on October 8, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Anne (nee Feinstein), a homemaker, and Lewis Stine, a shipping clerk. Stine grew up in Bexley, Ohio. His family was Jewish. He began writing at age nine, when he found a typewriter in his attic, subsequently beginning to type stories and joke books. He graduated from the Ohio State University (OSU) in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
