标题: 鸡皮疙瘩 Goosebumps - #28 Cuckoo Clock of Doom by R.L. Stine [打印本页] 作者: learning123 时间: 2013-11-10 10:40 标题: 鸡皮疙瘩 Goosebumps - #28 Cuckoo Clock of Doom by R.L. Stine #28 Cuckoo Clock of Doom
by R.L. Stine
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Author(s) R.L. Stine
Cover artist Tim Jacobus
Publisher Scholastic
Media type Print (Paperback)
Release date February 1995
Pages 118
Series Goosebumps
Series number 28
** R.L. Stine said that this was his favorite book in the series.
The Cuckoo Clock of Doom was the twenty-eighth book in the Goosebumps book series. It was preceded by A Night in Terror Tower and followed by Monster Blood III.
The main character is Michael Webster, a twelve-year-old boy, telling the story from his perspective. He has a crush on Mona Deaton, his classmate. He begins by talking about his sister, Tara, who is always lying and getting him into trouble. Unfortunately, Tara never gets blamed for these things. On his twelfth birthday, Tara ruins everything; she scratches his present, a new bicycle, tells his crush that Mike likes her (as well as opening all of Michael's presents ahead of him, including a CD she says that has great love songs on it), and purposely trips him while he is carrying his birthday cake, resulting in the cake splattering over Michael's face.
A few days later, his father purchases an antique cuckoo clock from a local store, Anthony's Antiques, that is supposed to have one flaw. He had been admiring the clock for fifteen years. It has been said that if a person can figure out the clock's secret, it can be used to go back in time. Tara fools around with the clock, and her father gets very angry. This gives Michael an idea on how to get back at Tara. That night, when the clock strikes midnight, Michael sneaks downstairs and touches the cuckoo's head and twists it around backwards. He hopes this will get Tara in trouble for sure.
Apparently, this little act is the secret to going back in time. Michael wakes up and realizes that it is his 12th birthday all over again. At midnight, he tries to turn.......
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