Yep, I remember being thoroughly spooked by this one as a kid. Ha! Other than the continued disrespect of Mr. Spier, I'm enjoying rereading this series after 33 years! ( )

A phantom phone-caller is breaking into houses if no one answers the phone.

Claudia is into reading mysteries and scary stories, but not so much into working on her math homework. Things get exciting for the entire club when a serial robber starts targeting houses by calling and hanging up.

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I was a little embarrassed reading this book because parts of it that were supposed to be spooky actually spooked me a little bit, which made me feel silly because it's a children's book.

But the thing that really made me not like this book very much was the ending. I think "oh that boy is doing terrible things to you *because he likes you*" is actually a really unhealthy message to send to girls. In the case of Kristy going out with Alan Gray particularly I thought it was deeply problematic. When she told Claudia that even though he'd been making her miserable she was going to go out with him because "*a boy likes me*," it reminded me far too much of why I went out with my first boyfriend, which turned out to be a really terrible situation for me. ( )