Cover of Nightmare on Clown Street

Nightmare on Clown Street

  • 2008 first published
  • 160 pages
  • 6 editions

Published in 2008, Nightmare on Clown Street is a horror and circus fiction novel by Robert Lawrence Stine. Key subjects include circus and clowns.

43 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions.

It runs to roughly 160 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Nightmare on Clown Street

Ray Gordon really likes the circus. His uncle, Theo, is a performer in Koko's Klown Academy and he invites Ray to come join him for the summer. At first, Ray's parents are reluctant - they know their son has a habit of getting himself into strange situations. But Ray manages to convince them that he'll be in his best behavior. The circus itself is very cool. The clowns stay in their makeup all day and only go by their clown names. Ray becomes a clown-in-training named Mr. Belly-Bounce. But the longer he's there, the scarier things become. There are whisperings about a place named Clown Street and nobody, including Murder the Clown, wants to go there. Will Ray be able to survive the dark secrets of the circus?
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Circus
  • Clowns
  • Horror stories

Quick answers

Who wrote Nightmare on Clown Street?

Nightmare on Clown Street was written by Robert Lawrence Stine and first published in 2008.

What genre is Nightmare on Clown Street?

It is usually shelved as Horror and Circus & Carnival.

How long is Nightmare on Clown Street?

The median edition has 160 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Nightmare on Clown Street?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Living Nightmare... (Cirque Du Freak #1), The Last Temptation and The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch.

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