Everyone - the characters, the readers - are having a great time. Instead it felt like a fun adventure, a wild romp. This book is rather nutty and takes some twists you don't expect, but this didn't annoy me. Add a mysterious abominable snowman to the mix, and well - you're in for a ride - that's for sure! Two tanned, blonde California kids are like fish out of water in the frigid snow covered fields of Alaska. Until they find a remote cave where a giant, ferocious-looking abominable snowman stands - encased in ice. Until their truculent and near-mute guide takes off with the dog, the sled, and the equipment, leaving them stranded. Until they have to hike 10 miles to the outpost abandoned cabin they're staying at. Stunned and thrilled at the sight of snow, practical joker Jordan and know-it-all Nicole are having the time of their lives in the frozen North. Since the kids' babysitter is not available, he's taking them with him. Their father is a renowned photographer - and he's called off on assignment to track down an abominable snowman which has been spotted in Alaska. They've spent their whole lives in sunny Pasadena, California. Jordan and Nicole Blake have never seen snow.

This is less of a horror story and more an adventure story, I'd say. Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program.

His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences.

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