Young Scrooge
Young Scrooge
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Average rating4
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 friends with everyone, but he doesn't understand that the fact that no one else is laughing with him makes him the bully. The ghost of past brings him to an old school in the 1800s where he is ridiculed and tricked, the ghost of present shows him what family life would be like with a family less fortunate, and the ghost of future shows him what the future held for him, death. (And a school with dead zombie children??!?)
The novel does some fun stuff with A Christmas Carol references and changes to old names. Although I was not convinced that the kid had changed by the end.
Enjoyable though, a fun spooky read for the season.