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    The Face
    The Face
    The Face
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    The Face

    By R.L. Stine

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    They say something horrible happened that day, but Martha can’t remember any of it—not even the smallest detail. They say it will come back to her in time. But someone wants her to remember now. She draws his face, over and over—the face of a dead boy. She can’t control her hand. And she can’t remember how he died. But she’s going to find the answer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon Pulse
    Release dateJun 30, 2008
    ISBN9781439121573
    The Face
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    R.L. Stine

    R.L. Stine has more than 350 million English language books in print, plus international editions in 32 languages, making him one of the most popular children’s authors in history. Besides Goosebumps, R.L. Stine has written other series, including Fear Street, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, and Dangerous Girls. R.L. Stine lives in New York with his wife, Jane, and his Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Minnie. Visit him online at rlstine.com.

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      The Face - R.L. Stine

      The Face

      R.L.STINE

      Bill Schmidt

      POCKET BOOKS

      1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

      www.SimonandSchuster.com

      1996 Parachute Press, Inc.

      The sale of this book without its cover is unauthorized. If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that it was reported to the publisher as unsold and destroyed. Neither the author nor the publisher has received payment for the sale of this stripped book.

      First Archway Paperback printing February 1996

      Have you read the latest FEAR STREET® books?

      DOUBLE DATE

      THE THRILL CLUB

      ONE EVIL SUMMER

      THE MIND READER

      WRONG NUMBER 2

      TRUTH OR DARE

      DEAD END

      FINAL GRADE

      SWITCHED

      COLLEGE WEEKEND

      THE STEPSISTER 2

      WHAT HOLLY HEARD

      by R.L. STINE

      Available from Archway Paperbacks

      Published by Pocket Books

      The Face …

      The player started to dribble. Lost the ball. I saw the angry scowl on his face.

      His face.

      No!

      He had the face—the face in my drawing!

      It’s him! I shrieked, grabbing for Adriana. It’s him! It’s him!

      Another Shadyside player turned. He had the face too!

      I stared at two more players.

      Stared at their wavy brown hair. Their turned-up noses. Their serious, dark eyes.

      They all had the face I’d been drawing.

      The face of the dead boy.

      And as they turned to stare back at me, their smiles faded. Their mouths twisted. Eyes bulged in horror.

      They all started to scream.

      And I screamed with them.

      Books by R. L. Stine

      Fear Street

      THE NEW GIRL

      THE SURPRISE PARTY

      THE OVERNIGHT

      MISSING

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      THE SLEEPWALKER

      HAUNTED

      HALLOWEEN PARTY

      THE STEPSISTER

      SKI WEEKEND

      THE FIRE GAME

      LIGHTS OUT

      THE SECRET BEDROOM

      THE KNIFE

      PROM QUEEN

      FIRST DATE

      THE BEST FRIEND

      THE CHEATER

      SUNBURN

      THE NEW BOY

      THE DARE

      BAD DREAMS

      DOUBLE DATE

      THE THRILL CLUB

      ONE EVIL SUMMER

      THE MIND READER

      WRONG NUMBER 2

      TRUTH OR DARE

      DEAD END

      FINAL GRADE

      SWITCHED

      COLLEGE WEEKEND

      THE STEPSISTER 2

      WHAT HOLLY HEARD

      THE FACE

      Fear Street Super Chillers

      PARTY SUMMER

      SILENT NIGHT

      GOODNIGHT KISS

      BROKEN HEARTS

      SILENT NIGHT 2

      THE DEAD LIFE GUARD

      CHEERLEADERS: THE NEW EVIL

      BAD MOONLIGHT

      The Fear Street Saga

      THE BETRAYAL

      THE SECRET

      THE BURNING

      Fear Street Cheerleaders

      THE FIRST EVIL

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      THE THIRD EVIL

      99 Fear Street: The House of Evil

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      HOW I BROKE UP WITH ERNIE

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      CURTAINS

      BROKEN DATE

      Available from ARCHWAY Paperbacks

      For orders other than by individual consumers, Archway Books grants a discount on the purchase of 10 or more copies of single titles for special markets or premium use. For further details, please write to the Vice-President of Special Markets, Pocket Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

      For information on how individual consumers can place orders, please write to Mail Order Department, Paramount Publishing, 200 Old Tappan Road, Old Tappan, NJ 07675.

      The sale of this book without its cover is unauthorized. If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that it was reported to the publisher as unsold and destroyed. Neither the author nor the publisher has received payment for the sale of this stripped book.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      AN ARCHWAY PAPERBACK Original

      An Archway Paperback published by

      POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc.

      1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

      Copyright © 1996 by Parachute Press, Inc.

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      For information address Pocket Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

      ISBN: 0-671-89428-5

      eISBN: 978-1-439-12157-3

      First Archway Paperback printing February 1996

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      FEAR STREET is a registered trademark of Parachute Press, Inc.

      AN ARCHWAY PAPERBACK and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc.

      Cover art by Bill Schmidt

      Printed in the U.S.A.

      IL 7+

      The Face

      prologue

      I had a dream that I was drawing a silver line.

      My sketch pad was propped against a white wall. And as I stared at the white paper, my hand moved slowly, steadily. And the line that I drew stretched across the page in silver.

      Gleaming silver.

      Cold silver.

      I drew another silver line. And then a circle.

      I pulled the page from the pad and smoothed my hand over the clean sheet beneath it. Then I started to draw another silver line.

      In the dream, I felt a chill as the silver line stretched over the page.

      I suddenly felt so cold.

      Silver is a cold color. Cold as metal. Gray as winter.

      Such a strange dream, I remember thinking in my dream.

      I knew I was dreaming. I knew I couldn’t really be drawing in such glittering silver.

      I started a new line. Straight and very slender. A fine, silver line.

      And as the line cut across the page, color seeped from it.

      The color red.

      A deep red seeped out from both sides of the silver line. Wet and glistening, the red spread over the page.

      The silver line cut into the paper.

      And the paper bled. The dark color spread, spread until it covered the white page.

      And I woke from the dream, woke up screaming.

      Why did I scream?

      It was just a silver line.

      Just a drawing of silver and red.

      Just a dream.

      So why did I scream?

      I don’t remember.

      I really don’t remember.

      chapter 1

      After the accident, I guess I went into shock.

      I lost a part of my memory. A piece of my past life just slipped away from me.

      I don’t remember anything about that week. Or the weeks that followed.

      I see last fall and the early part of the winter as a dark blur. It’s like watching a dim reflection in the murky waters of a deep pond.

      I can see ripples. But I’m not sure of the faces. Or the movements of the dark, watery figures.

      What happened that week? That day?

      Why don’t I remember the accident?

      Dr. Sayles says my memory will return. One day the events of that week will come back, sharp and clear.

      Dr. Sayles tells me not to rush it. Sometimes I think he doesn’t want me to remember.

      Maybe it’s all too horrible. Maybe I’ll be sorry if I know the truth.

      Maybe I’m better off not remembering. Should I be thankful for the big hole in my memory?

      Dr. Sayles tells me to go on with my life. And I try to.

      But my friends aren’t quite the same.

      Sometimes I see Justine staring at me, her pale blue eyes narrowed. As if she’s studying me, trying to pry into my brain.

      Adriana is always telling me to take it easy. Take it easy, Martha. As if I’m sick. Some kind of invalid.

      Justine and Adriana seem so careful around me. They’re always exchanging glances that I’m not supposed to see. They always seem to be watching me so carefully.

      Watching for what?

      Watching for me to crack? Watching for poor Martha to crack open like an egg and all my insides come running out in a yellow goo?

      I’ve had strange thoughts since the accident last fall.

      I can’t help it.

      Dr. Sayles says it’s perfectly normal.

      That’s me. Martha Powell. Perfectly normal. I guess I look normal enough. I’m average height and I weigh about one-twenty. About right for a high school junior.

      I’m kind of preppy looking. I’m more J. Crew than grunge.

      I have blond hair, long and very straight. Olive eyes. Big and round. My best feature. And light freckles on my cheeks that make me look about twelve years old!

      I guess I have a nice smile. I don’t smile as much as I used to.

      But despite my weird thoughts, despite the holes in my brain, I guess I look okay.

      I’m not beautiful and dark and exotic looking like Adriana. And I’d love to have Justine’s thick tangles of red

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