The Secret Path

I love the spooky and creepy vibe of this book, but since it wasn't intended for my age range it did seem a bit fast-paced. Still super enjoyable! Love the series.

THIS IS MY FIRST SPOOKSVILLE OF ALL AND I LIKED IT. NOW I AM GOING TO ORDER MORE SPOOKSVILLES.

I read this series when I was young, and was positively dismal when my bookstore stopped selling them after I read book #14. This series holds some of my fond memories of book reading days, along with Animorphs, and various other series of my (not too far away) youth. That being said, Christopher Pike is an excellent writer, and even a grown person can falll for the charms of these books. He may write them for children, but the plots are enjoyable enough for anyone.

RL Stine got boring and even though this series is for younger readers I tried it and loved it. I've read all the books up to #23and loved the way the characters devloped throught the series. Adam is a natural leader and is no longer so niave, a good problem solver. Watch is the smart guy, kinda sad, and kinda an odd ball but i spend time at the cemetary too so what can i say. Sally is forever sarcastic and funny, always getting her self in trouble. Cindy is always there for her friends and isn't tough often but isn't just a goddy-two-shoes Bryce is learning but will always be too arrogent for his own good. Permant characters like Ann Tempelton and Bum and new group members like Tara and accaintances like Mireen and Ek always keep the story running and fun. Christopher Pike you have a great series.

This book I think is the BEST book I have ever read! It was scary and I couldn't put it down! I would recommend this book to kids who like witches and ghosts, skeletons and black knights. Human eating trees and spooky grave yards. I would like to thank my friend Katie for letting me borrow it.

Finally, a series of Pike books for little kids. I started reading these aloud to my little brother, but soon became fascinated by them as well. His creative genuis really flows in these books, I guess because pretty much anything can happen in Spooksville. Pike also exercises his utterly BRILLIANT sense of humor in the Spooksville series, through the witty and hilarious character Sally. My little brother actually didn't get some of the jokes that I loved, which just shows that older people are probably even more likely to enjoy these books than little kids (not that kids won't enjoy them!!) The plots of these books are complex and fascinating, and always carefully done. So many kids books just seem to throw logic out the window. Pike obviously knows what he's talking about when his plots concern the complexities of time travel or spacecraft. Still, it's never too complex for little kids. Because this is a series, the characters can develop over time into very complex people without spending too much time on character development in each book (I know my brother hates that--he wants to get to the action). And instead of explaining his characters as Adam, the leader, Sally, the witty sarcastic one, Cindy, the goody-goody, he actually shows us this, consistently, through their actions. These characters seem like real people, in particular the mysterious Watch and the witty Sally. Cindy and Adam, the newcomers to Spooksville, are a bit more bland and normal, but kids will be able to relate to them better. For any parent who's sick of their kids reading that R.L. Stine crap, get your kids some "Spooksville" books!!