Lisa Brooks is a teenager who is forced to move to the town of Shadyside and is not very happy about it all. However, as teenagers are known to do, she has made a couple of friends within a short time and even has a boyfriend. Other than her parents being rather overly protective, her life was going ok.

Then, tragedy strikes her family. She is still reeling from the events when she suddenly begins to see a creature at night who looks more like a monster than anything remotely human. No one believes her and she is soon seeing a psychiatrist to help her move past her grief and any feelings of guilt that she may be harboring. As she begins to recover, her psychiatrist feels that it is time for her to get a small job to aid in her recovery.

It is a babysitting job for an adorable and beautiful eight year old little boy. He and his mother live on the very creepy Fear Street. His mother has specific instructions about her little boy's bedtime and is willing to pay an astronomical amount of money for three days of babysitting per week.

Lisa does pretty well the first few nights. It is on the night that she gives in to the little boy's pleas to stay up late that her nightmares come true.

R. L. Stine shows, once again, that he is one of the reasons that people of all ages love to read. He grabs you immediately from the first page and pulls you along as events unfold quickly and horrifically. You simply cannot stop reading until you know how everything works out.

DON'T STAY UP LATE lives up to the reputation that Mr. Stine has built over his extensive and remarkable career. While it may be geared toward young people, this is a story that adults will find deliciously shivery as well. Whatever sort of weirdness this man cooks up, it will never be less than a genius creation.

All Stine fans must read DON'T STAY UP LATE. It will not disappoint. Besides, you know you want to.