The Sleepwalker
by Robert Lawrence Stine
★ Top 25 book of 1990 · #16 on Best Books of 1990
Mayra Barnes takes a summer job with Mrs. Cottler on Fear Street, then starts sleepwalking and waking up outdoors at night. With a possible witch nearby and a strange man following her, she must uncover the truth.
Best for: Fans of spooky tales with a suspected witch, a menacing stranger and rising peril.
The Sleepwalker is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 1990, out of 39 1990 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Sleepwalker is about
Mayra Barnes takes a summer job on Fear Street, working for old Mrs. Cottler. A week in, she starts sleepwalking, and each time she wakes outdoors in the middle of the night with no idea where she is. Mayra begins to suspect that Mrs. Cottler may be a witch, and she wonders whether a spell is behind her nightly wanderings. Meanwhile a menacing stranger follows her and seems to recognize her, though she has never seen him before. Mayra comes to understand that she must find out what is going on, or she may never leave Fear Street alive. R. L. Stine's 1990 tale of witchcraft and creeping dread suits young readers who like their suspense with a shiver.
The Sleepwalker on the Best Books of 1990
The Sleepwalker came out in 1990. Of the 39 books first published in 1990 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #16 on our Best Books of 1990 list.
Why it made the list: 324 readers have shelved it on Open Library. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 1990 list
- The Face on the Milk Carton Caroline B. Cooney, #14
- The Beauty Myth : How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women Naomi Wolf, #15
- Dawn V.C. Andrews, #17
- Postmortem Patricia Cornwell, #18
See all Best Books of 1990 Best books by year
More years: Best Books of 1991.
The numbers behind it
- Readers: 257 want to read it, 13 are reading it now and 54 have read it, according to Open Library.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 69 | 55% |
| Reader love | 26 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 51 | 20% |
Questions about The Sleepwalker
When was The Sleepwalker published?
The Sleepwalker by Robert Lawrence Stine was first published in 1990.
Was The Sleepwalker one of the best books of 1990?
The Sleepwalker is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 1990, out of 39 1990 books that cleared our data bar. 324 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
Why is The Sleepwalker on the Best Books of 1990 list?
324 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
More of the best books of 1990
- Good Omens Terry Pratchett, #1
- Jurassic Park Michael Crichton, #2
- The Eye of the World Robert Jordan, #3
- The Witching Hour Anne Rice, #4
- Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, #5
- The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien, #6
See the full Best Books of 1990, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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