Author | R. L. Stine |
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Cover artist | Tim Jacobus |
Language | English |
Series | Goosebumps |
Genre | Horror fiction children's literature |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | December 1993 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 123 (first edition) |
ISBN | 0-590-49449-X |
OCLC | 29391346 |
LC Class | MLC R CP01334 |
Preceded by | Piano Lessons Can Be Murder |
Followed by | You Can't Scare Me! |
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp is the fourteenth book in the original Goosebumps, the series of children's horror fiction novellas created and authored by R. L. Stine. The story follows Grady Tucker, who moves into a new house next to the Fever Swamp with his family. After a swamp deer is killed, his father believes Grady's dog is responsible, but Grady is convinced a werewolf is the culprit.
The book was well received by critics, and was featured on the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller list. In the mid-1990s, it was adapted for television, and was later released on both VHS and DVD. In 2006, the book was adapted into a comic book story in the volume Creepy Creatures.