Independent Reading Response #1

The Beast from the East (Goosebumps)

Response #1: Pg 1 – 26
Response Type: Reaction and Evaluation

I’m reading a book call ‘Goosebumps’ by R.L.Stine. Ginger Wald, the narrator and her identical twins brother, Nat and Pat separate from the parents, get lost in the forest during the camp. She and her family know how to take care when they get lost, but this time, they notice that the grass is yellow, the bushes are purple, and the trees are as tall as skyscrapers. In that wood, what they see is the large blue like bear beast and they are trying to get Ginger and brothers! There are many reasons why I like this book.

At first, I like the characters especially the identical twins brother Nat and Pat because they have very unique characteristics. For Nat, he really loves to climb the trees and if he is gone, everyone knows that he is climbing the trees, so someone must look up at the woods all the time. On the other hand, Pat has Game Boy every time and every where. If one of the brothers has a Game Boy, their family can realize that is Pat and this is the only way they can notice who is Nat or Pat. The writer describes the characters a lot and I can imagine how each person like. Also those people are really realistic. Some people might have the same personality as them. If there were in real world, I would want to meet them.

Furthermore, I like the genre of this book which is horror and also the way the writer changes the chapter. For example, a chapter ends after the dialogue “The beasts have got us!” I was really nervous and in my brain, I predict many way what happened to next. I don’t read next chapter yet, but I can predict two ways that the beasts will bring them to their house and eat them or the beasts will play with three of them. I also like the eeriness of the front page. It shows this book scares and that motivates students to read it, if they like horror story.

I read only 26 pages and I think next chapter is the most interesting part for me. I like this book because it describes each character and setting very much and also it is horror. Before I finish reading this book, I predict that the climax will be the beasts, Ginger, Nat and Pat become friend and find Ginger’s parents together. I didn’t have enough time to read the book last week, but now I want to read this book as soon as possible and want to continue to read this series.