Hell Phone
 

Hell Phone

by William Sleator

A murder story with a devilish twist

Nick wants a cell phone so he can talk to his girlfriend, Jen, after school, but he doesn’t have a lot of money. The used phone he buys seems like a bargain, until the phone calls begin—strangers calling night and day, some begging for help, others making demands. Nick wants to get rid of the phone, but something prevents him, and, soon he finds... (read more)

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Mrs. C
  • Rated 4 stars

A boy trying to save some money, buys a used cell phone from a shady character. The boy only wants to use the cell phone to call his girl friend. The phone has been sent from Hell by someone trying to escape Hell. The boy is a nice kid, whose mother works two jobs and he also works and does his homework by hand because he can't afford a computer. The phone and the characters associated with it, lead the boy to steal, lie and commit murder. Eventually he ends up in Hell but there is some...

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Black Belt Reader
  • Rated 2 stars

An extremely unlikely story with lots of holes in it. The ending was particularly troubling for me. How can he take over 100 pages to get into hell and less than 10 pages to get out of hell? The concept was interesting; however, totally implausible and not particularly scary. This was my first experience with Sleator and it is going to take more for him to impress me.

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  • Rated 3.5 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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