Summary
On the night before Halloween, Chris and Meg rescue a kid from a gang of bullies. At first, they think this kid is in costume -- but he turns out to be a bald, pink alien called Weirdo! Weirdo is smelly and gross, and the twins can't get rid of him. But things are about to get even worse. Weirdo has invited hundreds of aliens to town for a full-scale invasion during Halloween! Chris and Meg desperately need a plan... Can the mysterious souvenir they brought home from HorrorLand save them?
R. L. Stine was born in Columbus Ohio on October 8, 1943. He graduated from Ohio State University in 1965. Under the name Jovial Bob Stine, he wrote dozens of joke books and humor books for kids including How to Be Funny, 101 Silly Monster Jokes, and Bozos on Patrol. He also created Bananas, a zany humor magazine which he worked on for ten years.
His first teen horror novel, Blind Date, was published in 1986 under the name R. L. Stine. His other works include Beach House, Hit and Run, The Babysitter, The Girlfriend, the Goosebumps series, and the Fear Street series. He also wrote an adult novel entitled Superstitious.
(Bowker Author Biography)
