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The Best Friend

  • 1992 first published
  • 147 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (16 ratings)
  • 11 editions

The Best Friend is a 1992 ghost story and horror novella by Robert Lawrence Stine. It deals with friendship and ghosts.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 16 ratings, and 141 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions across 3 languages.

It runs to roughly 147 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Best Friend

Becka Norwood's life is turned upside down when a new girl named Honey starts claiming to be her best friend. And it soon becomes clear as to what lengths Honey will go to make that delusion reality....
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Friendship
  • Horror tales
  • Stine, R. L
  • Horror stories
  • Horror fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • Ghosts

Quick answers

Who wrote The Best Friend?

The Best Friend was written by Robert Lawrence Stine and first published in 1992.

What genre is The Best Friend?

It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories and Horror.

How long is The Best Friend?

The median edition has 147 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Best Friend?

Readers who like it often enjoy Scary Stories 3, Remember Me and In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories.

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