A Fate Totally Worse Than Death

A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH by

Category: Horror

Age Recommendation: Grades 6+

Release Date: 4/12/04

Publisher: Candlewick

Reviewed by:

Rating: 4 Stars

For anyone who enjoyed SCARY MOVIE (one, two, or three!) with its over-the-top humor, sarcastic wit, dry

parodies,

and unrestrained juvenile one-liners, A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH is a must-read.

The plot revolves around three girls, Danielle, Brooke, and Tiffany, who are members of the Huns--the absolutely

only

clique to belong to at Cliffside High. The Huns believe in one rule above all else--the Hun boys belong to them,

and them

alone. When Helga, a Norwegian exchange student, shows up, the girls begin to feel threatened, and

decide to take matters

into their own hands.

They've had to take drastic action before, you see, when the boy Danielle was in love with, Drew, started dating

Charity

Chase, a girl who was definitely not a member of the Huns. The group of three committed an unspeakable

act of

horror--and now they're beginning to pay for it, in the form of Helga. Because once Helga showed up, and

Danielle,

Brooke, and Tiffany set about ruining her life, bad things began happening to them instead.

As the girls struggle to get through the day, unable to understand why their bodies are betraying them, they come to

the

conclusion that Helga isn't a girl at all, but the ghost of Charity, come back to haunt them and exact revenge.

A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH is definitely funny, outrageous, and a very quick read. For anyone

who

likes a dash of humor with their horror, this book is for you.

A Fate Totally Worse Than Death
by Paul Fleischman