A Fate Totally Worse Than Death

by Paul Fleischman

Book Overview

"This takeoff on teen horror novels is funny, mocking, and a surefire hit. . . . Should have teen-horror fans screaming with laughter." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review) In Paul Fleischman's hilarious parody of teenage horror novels, Danielle and her friends from Cliffside High's cruelest clique - the Huns - set out to crush a ravishing exchange student from Norway. Will they go as far as murder? They have before. But as they plot and plan,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763602426
• ISBN13: 9780763602420
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Candlewick
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 4.3" x 0.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 11

Customer Reviews

This book was exciting.

This book was exiting because it's really hard for me to find a book that is interesting. When I started to read it it was not that exiting but when I got further in the book I realy started to like it. 8th grade homeschooler

Totally Awesome

"A Fate Totally Worse Than Death" is a horror parody about three high school Valley girls: Danielle, Brooke, and Tiffany. Their popularity status is threatened when Norwegian exchange student Helga comes to Cliffside High School and attracts all the boys in school--including the three girls' boyfriends.The girls immediately let Helga know to stay away from their boyfriends--or else Helga will end up like Charity Chase, one unlucky girl who risked going after the guy Danielle was (and still is) interested in.But Helga seems immune to their threats and tricks. In fact, when she defeats their hair-cutting ambush in the girls' bathroom, Danielle, Brooke, and Tiffany are certain Helga's luck is otherworldly. "She's a ghost," Danielle states. "The ghost of Charity Chase."With this discovery, the three girls decide there's no other choice but to get rid of "Charity" once and for all. However, it's not easy for them since they've begun to age rapidly, a curse they believe "Charity" has bestowed on them as revenge."A Fate Totally Worse Than Death" is a fun and witty book to read, and the ending will probably surprise you. (At least I was surprised.) I would recommend this book to anyone who likes parodies or just wants to kill a few hours with a good teen horror book.The book was supposed to be made into a movie last year, but from what I heard, it's not going to happen. So, it might still be done, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

The Best Book

I think this book is the best. I read it once and I want to read it again. I think its really interesting. I could never stop reading that book. It was so interesting I just kept on going and going. It has an awesome ending. I would never thought it would end that way. I can't belive they did that to the girl. Because she was going out with one of the "hun" boys. I really liked this book because it was a mystery book. I recomend this book to anyone that loves to read mystery's. I liked that book so much I couldn't stop reading it. It makes u feel like ur in that story and u are there when everything is happening. You can just picture it in your head. Its so easy to understand. I think this book is the BEST!!

A Book Totally Better Than Most

This book rocks! I've read it a couple times. In fact a year after I read it I wanted to read it again. I forgot the title, but I searched through every single book on the library shelves. That's how good it was. This book is a really cool little soap opera set in high school.

Absolutely hysterical.

Been a couple of years since I read it, but it was hysterical, a great book- skewers the teen horror "books" bought up so quickly. The final irony that makes it so funny is that it isn't really that different from the "real" horror books.