Summary
While visiting HorrorLand's gift shop, Marco and his friend Gabriella find a rare edition of a comic book called THE WIZARD OF OOZE. Hidden in the back of this book are secret instructions on how to gain super powers. Marco is so excited that he starts talking about this special book at a comic convention. Big mistake. A couple of shady characters are after the comic, and will do anything to get their hands on it...
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)
