Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
Reviewed by Rashad

The book I read is called “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” by Alvin Schwartz. This book is about all different types of scary stories that you can share with your family and friends all in one.

 One of my favorite scary stories this book tells is called the “The Walk.” “The Walk” is about a kids uncle walking with a creepy old man, the uncle looked at the man and the man looked at the uncle. The man was scared of the uncle and the uncle was scared of the man. They both continued to walk and stare at each in fright, the uncle and the man both walked into the woods and the uncle was terrified of... If you really want to know what happened in the rest of this story read it to find out.

Another scary story I enjoyed reading is called “The Girl who stood on a Grave.” “The Girl who stood on a grave” is about a group of girls and boys at a party, and there was a graveyard down the street and one of the boys from the group said you should never stand on a grave after dark. The girl from the group didn’t believe the boy so she challenged the boy to a bet for a dollar if she stands on top of the grave. The boy handed the girl a knife and told her to stick it in the grave, the girl stood on the grave and stuck the knife into the grave and she tried to leave but something was holding her back she tried to stick the grave again, again, and again and she still couldn’t move. She was filled with terror until she… Read the rest of the story to find out what happened next.

In conclusion, I feel like this story had no weaknesses only strengths. What really got me interested in this book was that there were so many hooked scary stories that I couldn’t keep my eyes off of I had to know what happened next. On a scale of 1-10, I would give this book a ten because I got so caught up in reading it like I was in the story. I would recommend this book to people who like to read about scary stories.