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The Fear Street Saga (1993) · Shadyside

The Betrayal

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First book of The Fear Street Saga trilogy, which retells the origin of the Fear family curse.

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First book of The Fear Street Saga trilogy, which retells the origin of the Fear family curse. Book 1 of 3 in The Fear Street Saga (1993) by R. L. Stine, which follows the Fear family across the centuries. Wikipedia gives no synopsis for each volume.

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  1. ReferenceFrom Fier to Fear

    In the series' lore the family was called Fier. Simon Fier was told the letters could spell "fire", so he changed it to Fear, but the curse followed him.

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  2. ReferenceWhere the Goodes come in

    The lore says brothers Benjamin and Matthew Fier sentenced Susannah and Martha Goode to burn. Father William Goode cursed them. The Netflix trilogy uses similar names, with a different version of the story.

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