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    School of Fear

    Written by Gitty Daneshvari

    Narrated by Emma Walton Hamilton

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    About this audiobook

    Everyone is afraid of something... Madeleine Masterson is deathly afraid of bugs, especially spiders.
    Theodore Bartholomew is petrified of dying.

    Lulu Punchalower is terrified of confined spaces.

    Garrison Feldman is frightened by deep water...

    Which is why this may be the scariest summer of their lives. Worse than going to summer school or working a job that doesn't pay. Even worse than attending their parents' old sleep away camp. The foursome must face their phobias as students at the exclusive and elusive School of Fear.

    Run by former beauty queen, Mrs. Wellington, the school is unusual, to say the least. But terrifying would be a more accurate description. They have six weeks to conquer their fears or to find out just how frightening failing can be.

    A Hachette Audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2009
    ISBN9781600247941
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    Reviews for School of Fear

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    • 5/5
      This book is about 4 friends who all have fears. They join a school called the school of fear. I like this book because they go on an adventure to cure their fears but they don't know that. They all have different fears so and, there are different ways to cure them.
    • 4/5
      Quirky. Funny. A good YA book.
    • 4/5
      Although this seems to be marketed as another book just like Mysterious Benedict Society, since that series is excellent reading and has done well, it definitely is a different concept for a young adult story. I would argue it is written as well as MBS, and I hope it comes to have similar commercial success. I also now want a portly dog named Macaroni.
    • 4/5
      Fun, quirky, decidedly odd. I enjoyed the characters (e.g. aging beauty queen in a wig, bug-phobic girl with a veil and insect repellant, caretaker, dogs named mac and cheese, etc). Interesting plot devices made this one a fun read. It's light and not as scary as the title might suggest
    • 3/5
      This was a bit of a letdown, as it didn't really get anywhere. Though the detail was good, and the characters lovable.
    • 5/5
      The School of Fear is about 4 kids who go to a school that almost nobody knows about. These four kids are going to this school because they each a a really serious phobia. One girls is insects, and the other girls is chlostrophobia. The two boys' fears are death and water. They go to this school over summer and they have a teacher. The teacher had a chef/houskeeper named Shmidty and a dog named Macoroni. She also has a lawyer who is described in word that make him seem really odd looking.I like this book because it is filled with exciting events. I like how it has mystery and funny things. I enjoyed this book because of all the different phobias mentioned and other cool characteristics about. I liked this book and look forward to reading the Second in the Series, "Class is not dismissed."
    • 5/5
      Try to picture this: four most unusual people, Madeleine, Garrison, Lulu and Theodore, tries to save the School of Fear when they are busy solving their own fears of: bugs, water, heights and death.
    • 3/5
      Another amusing addition to the absurdist adventure novel genre for pre-teens. Really quite funny, and keeps you guessing as to whether the stereotypical plot device will be used. Fun to read.
    • 2/5
      The book begins with four unrelated children each enrolling, some willingly, some less than willingly, into the mysterious, almost unknown, School of Fear for the summer. The four children each have a different phobia to conquer; bugs of all kinds, water, enclosed spaces and death or dying. The blurb on the inside flap is completely misleading. It says the school is unusual to say the least but terrifying would be a more accurate description., and also says conquer your fears in six weeks or find out just how frightening failing can be. Neither description is true, and makes me wonder whether the person who crafted those sentences even read the book.When the children arrive at the school, I started to lose interest. Based on the blurb, I was anticipating a strong, scary headmistress, and instead met the wacky Mrs. Wellington, a woman immersed in the beauty pageant world. Much of her vocabulary and advice to the children revolves around preparing them to be beauty pageant contestants. It got quite tiresome, and I kept waiting for the plot to pick up and address their phobias, but it took a while. Spoiler alert. The fake death of Mrs. Wellington, which wouldn't fool any reader, necessitates that the children conquer their fears, and the ending of the book was sudden and contrived. So, although it held great promise in the beginning, I did not enjoy two thirds of the book. Readers who enjoy the Lemony Snicket Series of Unfortunate Events books would probably also enjoy this story. I felt a bit deceived, and the victim of some duplicitous marketing by both the title and the description. I think the publishers were trying to cash in on all the readers who love scary stories, and this is NOT even remotely scary.
    • 3/5
      If I were to judge a book by its cover, I'd say that this book looks awesome! I love the illustrations on the front and those that are featured at the beginning of every chapter. (Reminded me of The Mysterious Benedict Society in that instance)Aside of the overall look, the thing I liked most about the novel was the dialogue. Very fun and witty, I laughed out loud more than once. I enjoyed the interaction between the four kids and how you see them grow and develop as the story progresses. If anything, the lovely writing kept my attention the whole way through.But what is keeping this book below 5 (even 4) star status, in my opinion, is the ending and the overabundance of "personality".The buildup for the ending was okay (albeit repetitive) but when push came to shove, all the entertainment was jam packed in the last 50 or so pages. And not only was the end predictable (the twist became apparent in the middle of the book) but it was also incredibly rushed, only giving us enough detail to get by. It almost seemed like chunks of it were taken out just to make it fit under 350 pages, which is unfortunate. It gave it an incomplete feel and I felt there was much that could have been elaborated on.And when you get a story that thrives on the quirkiness of its characters and plot line, there is the off chance that you over-do the amount of quirk in the story. And School of Fear just happened to be in that category. While I appreciated the unique voice each character had, toward the middle and the end of the story, it just became a bit too much. The four kids were threatening to cross that line from quirky into annoying more than once (although, I think Theo did cross it multiple times) and Mrs. Wellington, the eccentric instructor, spent her time across that line throughout the book.Speaking of the characters, another thing that made me somewhat detached towards the story was how hard it was identify with any of them. I found myself on the side of indifference rather than actually being involved in their lives and the journey they were on.Lastly, the cover uses words such as "fear", "terrifying", "worse than ____" and I do feel like those are misleading. This book is far from scary, relying more on insinuating "scary" adventure instead of experiencing it.I don't mean to come off so negative because, for the most part though, I did enjoy it. It's a cute book, even with the sometimes over-the-top characters. Gitty's writing style is simple yet enjoyable and the humor, for the most part, is really quite funny. I didn't exactly begin the book with any expectations and I think that helped my take on it. Overall consensus, it's just a fun, light read.The ending did hint at a continuation of the series, but I haven't heard if there will be a book 2 in the near future or not.
    • 3/5
      "School of Fear" is a very unique and funny tale aimed at children 9-12 years of age. My son is a good reader and ten years old but I am not sure if this book would hold is attention because it is fairly long and there some innuendos and witty banter I don't know if he would understand. "School of Fear" is the tale of four 12 to 13 year old kids who come from all differnt parts of the globe. The one thing they share is that they all have an over the top phobia. Their parents are ready to take extreme action and send them off for a summer at the "School of Fear". No one knows much about the school. They keep things pretty well hidden and clients must take a secrecy oath. What the kids find in the school is interesting and clever. The book isn't scary and doesn't have any form of paranormal aspects. While the kids feel like the events they experience are out of this world, really every thing is well explained later. The book has a twist at the end, and its a good twist, but one I had mostly figured out for myself. Kids should be suprised by the ending. This book was definitely worth the read and I found it entertaining. However, the book is long yet not long enough. The end of the story felt very rushed. The story starts at a nice pace, detailing each of the children and the events that lead them to the school. Once they get to the school things move too quickly. When the ending comes, it feels like not enough attention has been paid to it. As the kids each experience their big confrontation with their fears, it seems like not enough emphasis is placed on it. Still a good read, and if you have a reader in the targeted range, this would be a good book to point in their direction.
    • 4/5
      Well written, although you could spot the ending miles away.

      The 4 characters are well developed, relatable.

      It was awesome, and enjoyable. Great book! Probably for 8 year olds and above.
    • 4/5
      (audio on playaway) Children's fiction (read aloud for 3rd grade and up / read alone for 4th-6th). The mp3 player actually malfunctioned around Ch. 27, so I never did find out how exactly the children defeated the ugly lawyer in purple, saved Macaroni the bulldog, and redeemed Abernathy, but I think we can safely presume that all of that happened, AND they conquered their fears. But I did enjoy this and I can see why/how it would be a successful series. Recommended for kids who enjoy the Mysterious Benedict Society and the Lemony Snicket series, and you might be able to convince the kids who like Goosebumps and maybe even the kids who like Wimpy Kid to give it a try as well.
    • 3/5
      Dieses Buch ist anfangs verwirrend. Die Figuren bleiben seltsam flach und wirken grotesk und wenig lebendig. Es fehlen eine Menge Informationen, die man vielleicht in Band eins erhalten hat, so man diesen denn gelesen hatte. Vorallem die Figur der Schulleiterin und ihres Assistenten sind derart verschroben, dass die Glaubwürdigkeit - auch in einer Geschichte - massiv darunter leidet. Das Ende schließlich ist sehr offen - und läßt den Leser ungläubig zurück - denn die Wahrscheinlichkeit für einen guten Ausgang ist recht gering - was bei einem Kinderbuch nicht angenehm ist.
    • 4/5
      This is a very fun story about a small group of kids trying to get over some weird phobias.
    • 4/5
      Madeleine is deadly afraid of bugs, especially spiders. Theodore is petrified of dying. Lulu is scared of confined spaces. Garrison is terrified of deep water. The parents of these twelve-year-olds are desperate for help so they send them to the exclusive School of Fear. But the kids notice that a peculiar teacher and her strange teaching style are more frightening than their phobias. This may be the scariest summer of their lives.Although this wasn’t quite what I expected it was a very clever and quirky book. I assumed it was going to be a scary story when it was actually a story about being scared. It wasn’t any less interesting, just different. The four children came from their homes in England, New York, Rhode Island and Florida to attend the secret school in a very tiny town in Massachusetts. Their fears had taken over and affected the lives of family and friends and extreme measures had to be taken. So begins a summer of comical and mysterious adventures as they seek “treatment” from the very odd Mrs. Wellington.The unusual children with their specific characteristics reminded me a bit of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or Lemony Snicket’s A Series if Unfortunate Events series. Although it’s a children’s book I enjoyed it myself and look forward to sharing this author’s debut with family.