Freaky Friday :|: 171

Freaky Friday is a weekly post highlighting YA horror published between 1980 and 1999, originally inspired by Sharon's (Loves Books and Cats) Flashback Friday.

Title: The Stalker

Author: Carol Ellis

Published: March 1, 1996

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Pages: 176

Summary: 

Janna loves to be in the limelight, and she's always dreaming of the attention a life on stage would give her. However, she thinks she is being followed by a stalker who is playing games with her mind, and her life. Is the stalker trying to get closer to Janna or is he making sure no-one else will?  (fantasticfiction.co.uk)

Dun dun dun!  I think the stalker topic is ever-poignant and never loses it's creep factor.  It just depends on how well it's done and what the author's done different that'll either make it stand out or sink into the thriller mists to be lost forever.

Freaky Friday :|: 30

Title: The Stalker
Author: Nicole Davidson
Published: October 1992
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 176
Summary:

Jennifer escapes an attempt on her life in an empty shopping mall, but the terrified girl is stalked by the strangler, who is determined to silence her forever. (from fantasticfiction.co.uk)

Woohoo! A larger cover image! It's getting better. At least the image is, anyway. As for the books, well, they're pretty cookie cutter at this point. I'm actually more interested in reading these books just to see what was done different to make a rather mundane plotline more interesting.