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Synopsis
LIFE IS BUT A SCREAM... You know it's silly — but you're creeped out by the weird old inn where your family is staying. You're even afraid to go to sleep! Dumb, right? Wrong. You should be afraid. Because in this place sleep is when the evil Sleep Master rules. And your nightmares become reality. Like the one where you turn into a bat. Or the one where your parents become hideous aliens. Can you escape? And can you survive the ultimate showdown—with Lord Morphos the terrifying ruler of the Dream World? The choice is yours in this scary GOOSEBUMPS adventure that's packed with over 20 super-spooky endings!
Is It's Only a Nightmare! appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
Classic Goosebumps interactive adventure with mild horror elements including nightmares coming to life, body transformations (turning into a bat), and scary dream creatures. Multiple story paths lead to over 20 different endings with varying levels of spookiness but no graphic content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include body horror, nightmares, and transformation (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
You control the story as you face nightmare monsters, escape scary transformations, and battle the evil Sleep Master in a creepy dream world with tons of different endings.