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Piano Lessons Can Be Murder

Piano Lessons Can Be Murder

Goosebumps #13
Horror
Pages
124
Published
1993
Language
English

Synopsis

When Jerry finds a dusty old piano in the attic of his new house, his parents offer to pay for lessons. At first, taking piano seems like a cool idea. But there's something creepy about Jerry's piano teacher, Dr. Shreek. Something creepy. Something Jerry can't quite put his finger on. Then Jerry hears the stories. Terrifying stories. About the students at Dr. Shreek's music school. Students who went in for a lesson... and never came out.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

DarkMysterious
Survival

Genres

Horror

About the author

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Robert Lawrence Stine

Robert Lawrence Stine, known professionally as R. L. Stine, is an American author of horror and comedy fiction for children and young adults. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he graduated from Ohio State University and began his career writing for Scholastic magazines and humor books before turning to horror fiction with Blind Date (1986). He is best known for the Fear Street series, launched in 1989, and the Goosebumps series, launched in 1992, which together have sold more than 400 million copies world...

Frequently asked questions

  • Is there a screen adaptation of this book?

    This story was adapted as the eighth episode of the first season of the live-action television series Goosebumps, which originally aired in 1995.

  • Does this book belong to a larger series?

    This title is the thirteenth installment in the original Goosebumps book series.