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     The book Project 17, by Laurie Faria Stolarz, is a great book  for those who love horror novels. It about a boy named Derik who really wants to be a film maker and get out of working at his parents resturant for the rest of his life. Derik gets a an idea for an up coming film contest. He decides to get five people together and film them at the old Danvers State Hospital. But this isn't an ordinary place, this hospital has a history. The hospital was built in the year 1878 for the mental people but was closed and abandoned in the year 1992. Locals say the place is haunted and after all it was rumored that the first lobotomy was performed here. Well dispite all the rumors, Derik gets five people together to stay the night and hopeing this will be his big break for getting into the film industry. Even though it sounds like fun and an adventurous way to stay out late, things start to go haywire and pretty soon no one thinks it's fun anymore.

      This book was great from beginning to end, it was really hard to believe that I finished this book the first day I got it but that doesn't mean that I'll never read it again. Even thought the book might seems scary there are some parts where it gets a little funny. Also Stolarz did an excellent job putting together a group a characters in this book. You have the two drama kids that only care about being on TV, the funny best friend, the perfect straight A student looking for an extra curricular activity so she could get into college, the tough goth girl looking for adventure, and the slacker player filming the entire thing to win the film contest. 

       I loved this book not just because the of the book's theme, but because it told a great story of six teens visiting this haunted hospital and their crazy adventure of the night they shared. Also there is a twist towards the end of the book but I'm not going to say what it is but I really didn't expect it at all I thought the their joureny was going to end differently. So all in all great book, recomend to those who love horror novels.