I received this book in the mail on 5/16 from ealaindraoi in ME ... through PaperBackSwap.com

c. 1994 -- 126 pages -- Trade Paperback -- #24 Goosebumps -- Reading Level 4, Ages 8-12 -- #98 Australia's My Favourite Book -- #16 ALA 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 (series) -- 3 weeks on the USA Today top-10 Bestseller list:
#7 on 9/25/94
#8 on 9/18/94
#10 on 10/2/94

Front Cover: He's out to stop the show ... for good!
Back Cover: Lights ... Curtain ... Phantom? Brooke's best friend, Zeke, has been given the lead role in the school play, The Phantom. Zeke's totally into it. He loves dressing up in the grotesque phantom costume. And scaring the other members of the cast. Brooke thinks Zeke's getting a little too into it.

But then really scary things start happening. A message appears on a piece of scenery: "The Phantom Strikes!" A stage light comes crashing down. Is someone trying to ruin the play? Or is there really a phantom living under the stage?

I finished reading this book today. One of the better reads in the Goosebumps series. Maybe because of the connection with the other phantom book. Although the outcome was predictable it was still a fun read.

Mr. Mike's