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Aliens, ghosts, and monsters haunt the pages of this eerie trip around the Scary States of America. With Jason Specter—the nation's unofficial collector of all things paranormalÑas your guide meet the girl in Illinois who can start fires with her mind, the Skunk Ape of Florida that knocks victims flat with its stench, the mischievous Shadow People of Arkansas, the Jersey Devil, the extraterrestrials who take human organs as a souvenir of their trip to Washington, and the wailing ghost of a teenage girl trapped forever in an Oregon lighthouse. Some of these visitors from other worlds don't mean to hurt anyone . . . and some of them do.Warning: All of these stories are based on true events. Are you ready to face the terror in your state?
- Sales Rank: #1378658 in Books
- Brand: Teitelbaum, Michael
- Published on: 2012-07-10
- Released on: 2012-07-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.63" h x .95" w x 5.15" l, .60 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
From Booklist
The author of numerous series nonfiction and other titles here offers a collection of short stories highlighting all things paranormal. Using the persona of 12-year-old Internet-geek Jason Specter, Teitelbaum presents narratives for each of the 50 states that he says were offered to him by visitors to his blog. Tales range from an Alaska wildlife photographer being chased by an angry Bigfoot, to a young Indiana girl haunting the covered bridge where she lost her life, to a UFO landing in an Iowa crop circle. Some, like "The Hitchhiker," from Alabama, will be familiar to urban-legend aficionados. Many accounts lean toward the grisly (including knife slashings and maggot-filled bodies), but other anecdotes draw attention to gentle apparitions trying to do good deeds for their loved ones. Give this to fans of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series; computer-savvy readers will also want to check out the book's Web site, which includes excerpts from the text. Weisman, Kay
About the Author
Michael Teitelbaum has always had an interest in the paranormal, despite a rather normal childhood growing up in Brooklyn, New York. These days, Michael and his wife, Sheleigah, split their time between New York City and their (as yet unhaunted) 170-year-old farmhouse in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
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By TeensReadToo
THE SCARY STATES OF AMERICA is a collection of 50 short stories, one for each state, about paranormal experiences ranging from ghosts and supernatural creatures to aliens and crop circles. The stories are framed by the narrative of Jason Specter, a 12-year-old collector of all things scary and bizarre. Though presented as "true" stories from readers Jason has reached through his website, both the character of Jason and the stories are fictional, though the cover notes they are "based on true events."
The variety of the stories is what makes them most appealing. Some are standard fare: the hitchhiking ghost, the aliens who kidnap people to run invasive tests on them. Many, however, are unusual takes on the familiar, like the vicious Bigfoot a bear photographer runs into and the heartbroken ghost haunting a toy store, or unique creatures and tales which will be new to most readers, like those of the skunk ape and the shadow people. Part of the enjoyment is in wondering how much of each story might really have happened, and what you would do in similar situations.
Be warned: many of the stories are quite scary, and some rather graphic when it comes to blood and gore. Many times the teller of the tale barely survives to tell about it, and some have come out of it quite a bit worse for wear. The most exciting stories are those in which Jason plays a direct part, often risking life and limb. Readers will appreciate his skeptical yet open-minded approach.
Though those hoping to catch a glimpse into real recorded paranormal events will have to look elsewhere, this book will make a fun read for those who simply like a good scare. Bring it along to your next campfire or sleepover and read a few aloud in the dark. Chills are guaranteed!
Reviewed by: Lynn Crow
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Booga Booga
By E. R. Bird
I bet you could have a lot of fun if you gathered a group of children's librarians together and asked them which requests they get the most from kids. You'd have the standard boring answers like, "mysteries" or "books like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants". There would also be the weird answers like, "samurais" and "anything that takes place in Barbados". I'd bet good money that some of the answers would be a mix of both, though. For example, it couldn't have been a month ago when a kid came up to me asking for a book involving aliens. "Do you want real aliens or stories about them?" I asked. The kid wavered a bit, and that was when I knew what book I could have recommended right then and there (had it been on my shelf and available). "The Scary States of America" by Michael Teitelbaum is the title to hand to any kid who wonders where on earth they can find some good old-fashioned scary stories. There's only so many times you can hand someone a copy of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark before they start getting bored. Teitelbaum's book is certainly bereft of creepy pictures, but the images that pop up in this bit of kiddie horror will undoubtedly stay in your mind much longer than you initially anticipated. Hand this out to kids looking for tales of the strange, wild, and weird, but be sure they can handle the spooks (not to mention gore). There's something for everyone in this book.
Here's the concept: There are fifty states in America and for each one our hero, Jason Specter, has collected a spooky tale. Jason is the creator of a very popular blog chronicling every possible supernatural event he can get his hands on. Jason used to be just your average kid, until a close encounter with someone sad and incredibly dead brought the wider weirder world out there to his personal attention. Thanks to his friends in all fifty states, this is a compilation of one story per state. Sometimes these stories involve creatures native only to certain areas. The Skunk Ape of Florida or the Jersey Devil of... well, New Jersey. For other states you'll just hear about ghosts, alien encounters, and other paranormal phenomena of varying levels of danger. Some stories end happily. Some most definitely do not. In the end, Jason encourages his readers to contribute their own scary tales to his website. In the meantime, he asks that people keep their eyes and minds wide open.
First of all, Mr. Teitelbaum has done his research. I was unaware of the existence of such fiends as that moth creature some people believe in or the shadow people. That doesn't mean that there haven't been stories about them before, of course. I just hadn't been aware of some of the regional rumors out there. Of the creatures I acutally had heard of, Teitelbaum knows the rules. For example, when you come across a night marcher in Oahu, it is best to close your eyes and never look at them. That's a given. Having to find 50 regional creepy critters for each and every state can be a bit daunting though, so the author dips into alien abduction tales as well as other mysterious goings on. Basically everything from your classic ghosts, werewolves, and witches meld with the less common bleeding houses and lizard men.
Each section begins with a real world fact under the heading, "What I learned in history class". Following that is a piece of information on the state being discussed. Things like, "The rocket used by Apollo 13 was designed, built, and tested at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama." I was disappointed to find that the scary story following this fact under the heading "A story you won't find in your textbook" didn't relate to this fact in the least. If the Alabama fact was about space travel, I figured the story would be about aliens or interplanetary connections. Instead it was that old Hitchhiker urban legend. It would have been neat to link the two together, I think. Ditto the Massachusetts history mention of the Salem Witch Trials. No witches to be seen in that little section and this is a pity. It would have made for a nice tie-in.
And of course, the difficulty that comes with taking regional mysteries is that they can sometimes sound familiar. In chronicling an escape from a Skunk Ape in Florida, it's difficult not to see parallels with someone else's encounter with Bigfoot in Alaska. Or how one ghost story mirrors another, in spite of changes in place and name. Almost all the stories are compelling in some way, though. Considering how short they are (rarely longer than ten pages), it's impressive that Teitelbaum is able to work in as much as he can within such limited space.
Urban legends never die. They just morph into children's books. Consider pairing this book with the compelling title Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist. Both books deal with otherworldly creatures. One just has the benefits of fiction on its side. Plus, with the sheer length of this book on hand, you can bet that this will keep any kid satisfied and terrified for many long car rides to come. A book that fulfills a need.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Frightful Fun
By Dianne Finger
Do you remember as a child the heart pounding anticipation with which you sat through an episode of the "Twighlight Zone", or "The Outer Limits"? Remember how you couldn't wait for the next week's show? Reading The Scary States of America recreated for me the same feelings--the unease, the suspense, the tingling sensation that crawls up the back of your neck. I thought I'd read this book by meandering from "state to state" but instead I read it from cover to cover. Sharp and well-written, you'll want to make time for your own Scary States Marathon.
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