Let's Read GOOSEBUMPS Most Wanted: The 12 Screams of Christmas
33The 12 Screams of Christmas is the second book in the Goosebumps Most Wanted: Special Edition sub-series. It was published in 2014.
Similar to the previous special edition, the first part of the book is used to establish events that happened in the past, telling the reader the villain's past. But unlike most Most Wanted books that feature an introduction from R.L. Stine, this book does not. It's also the only special edition book that does not take place on Halloween. Instead it's based around Christmas, the second book in the Goosebumps franchise to do so, with the first being More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.
The cover illustration depicts a house on a cold winter night. The house is decorated with Christmas lights and has a snowman in the yard. Emerging from the house is a green ghost wrapped in Christmas lights. The ghost is wearing a green Christmas sweater with a tie, and a Santa hat.
Ho-Ho-Horror!
Kate Welles just wants the lead role in her school's Christmas play. Her annoying "friend" Courtney is constantly getting in the way of that. But Kate has to get along with her or neither of them will be allowed to take part in the production of The 12 Screams of Christmas.
Even worse, Kate and Courtney's teacher decides that they need to find a special place to rehearse. A certain house with a lot of history. The kind of place that Kate would normally be pretty frightened to go into. The kind of place that gives new meaning to the term "Christmas Spirit."