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Cover of The New Year's Party

The New Year's Party

R. L. Stine (1995)

SubgenreYA Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesFear Street Super Chiller #9
Setting
CSM age13
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Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

MurderDeathDeath of ChildViolenceGrief

Positive tags

MysterySurvivalFriendship

Protagonist archetypes

Ensemble CastVengeance-Driven

Tropes

AntiheroUnreliable NarratorFound FamilyComing of Age

Themes

Guilt and ConsequencesBetrayalRevengeDeathSecrets and LiesFriendship TestedMorality

Synopsis

A series of practical jokes turns deadly when P.J. dies at a Christmas party and one by one his so-called friends are found murdered.

Tags

HorrorMysteryThrillerSlasher