Shadow Girl by R. L. Stine Page A

life.
    “Here we go. Here we go! ”
    I tried to remember Ramos’ instructions. But they had flown out of my head.
    I couldn’t remember. I couldn’t think.
    I couldn’t move.
    The rushing water roared in my ears. Waves rose up all around us, as if reaching for us. The canoe tilted to one side, heaving me hard. I felt myself start to tumble out.
    Then the canoe tilted to the other side. I fell back into place.
    Charlotte’s hair flew in the wind, flapping behind her like a red pennant.
    I turned to see the others. But their canoe had fallen behind us.
    Charlotte and I were going down first!
    The river curved…curved again…
    And as the falls came into view, I couldn’t help it.
    I opened my mouth in a deafening, shrill scream.

About the Author
    R.L. STINE says he has a great job. “My job is to give kids the CREEPS!” With his scary books, R.L. has terrified kids all over the world. He has sold over 300 million books, making him the best-selling children’s author in history.
    These days, R.L. is dishing out new frights in his series THE NIGHTMARE ROOM. When he isn’t working, he likes to read old mysteries, watch SpongeBob Squarepants on TV, and take his dog, Nadine, for long walks around New York City, where he lives with his wife, Jane, and son, Matthew.
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Read all the books in the NIGHTMARE room
    series by R.L. Stine
    #1 Don’t Forget Me!
    #2 Locker 13
    #3 My Name Is Evil
    #4 Liar Liar
    #5 Dear Diary, I’m Dead
    #6 They Call Me Creature
    #7 The Howler
    #8 Shadow Girl

Credits
    Cover design by John Fontana
    Cover illustration by Tristan Elwell

Copyright
    THE NIGHTMARE ROOM #8: SHADOW GIRL . Copyright © 2001 by Parachute Publishing, L.L.C. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
    Adobe Digital Edition June 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-190461-5
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