The New Girl
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 168
- ISBN-13
- 9780671707378
- Type
- novel
About this book
The New Girl is the book that started it all: published in 1989, it launched R.L. Stine's Fear Street with the first of what would become a fresh cast of doomed Shadyside teenagers caught in a slasher-plot twist ending, a formula the series would repeat for 49 volumes and over 80 million copies sold. It runs 168 pages.
Key facts about The New Girl
R. L. Stine wrote The New Girl, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1989. The book has 168 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780671707378 to find the main one.
The New Girl is book 1 of 49 in the Fear Street series. The series has 49 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, R. L. Stine writes Goosebumps, Goosebumps Series 2000 and The Nightmare Room, plus 8 more series. Those series sit on our horror and middle-grade comedy shelves. Meanwhile, What We Do at Night is the latest published R. L. Stine book on file, from 4 August 2026.
About R. L. Stine
R. L. Stine is an American author widely credited with turning horror fiction into a mainstream habit for young readers. See every R. L. Stine book in order.
Its place in Fear Street
The New Girl is book 1 in the Fear Street series. It is followed by The Surprise Party. See the full Fear Street reading order.
Shadyside is a small town with a body count -- and Fear Street, the road running through it, is where the bodies pile up. R.L. Stine's teen horror line traded Goosebumps' younger, gentler scares for real stakes: characters in Fear Street actually die, romances turn homicidal, and the killer is as often the popular girl next door as any supernatural force. Every book is a fresh cast of Shadyside teenagers -- cheerleaders, prom queens, campers, babysitters -- caught in a slasher-movie plot with a twist ending Stine…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780671707378