Jenny Jeffers
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Jenny Jeffers is the main protagonist
in the Point Horror
Series of young adult suspense
/horror
novel
s by the American
author
R. L. Stine
. Jenny would be the character that would form the base for his later works and success. Her character is similar to the babysitter's from the classic folktale "The babysitter and the man upstairs
".
The Babysitter
Jenny Jeffers is introduced as a typical teenage girl who often babysits to make extra money. One day she meets a cute child's parents who ask her to babysit on Thursday. Because the child is so adorable, she says yes. While at their isolated home, she begins to receive menacing phone calls and notes. She realizes she is being stalked by a serial killer
who preys on local babysitters. She comes up with a list of suspects, one being Chuck, a handsome jock who often plays pranks. However, it is ultimately revealed that the boy's father, Mr. Hagen, is the actual killer, who kidnaps her and takes her to an abandoned rock quarry
where he attempts to throw her into the depths. However, she resists, causing him to lose his footing and fall to his death.
The Babysitter II
In the sequel, she is shown to be going through a great period of distress and shock, as she appears to be suffering from a series of horrific nightmares featuring Hagen, who has come back from the dead. To try and stop the nightmares, she goes to a psychiatrist named Dr. Schindler, who tells her that she should overcome her fear by accepting a new babysitting job. Jenny is reluctant, but she eventually decides she will never heal unless she faces her phobia.
Her child that she is watching is an egotistical ten year old brat named Eli, who is a self-proclaimed genius. Eli pushes her limits by making practical jokes at her expense, and scaring her. The next morning, she finds Eli has been attacked. She later discovers that the culprit is Dr. Schindler's receptionist, Miss Gurney, who takes her to the exact quarry that she had earlier almost been killed. Miss Gurney wrestles Jenny into the water at the bottom of the quarry, and nearly drowns her. Dr. Schindler arrives with police and her love interest, Cal just in time, and Cal saves Jenny. Dr. Schindler explained that Miss Gurney had earlier been treated by him for sudden attacks. She had been deemed safe when the tapes from Jenny and Dr. Schindler's sessions, went missing, and he knew that Miss Gurney was up to something. Cal jokes at the end about seeing a movie about zombies as the two kiss.
The Babysitter III
Jenny is still shaken because of the two attempts on her life by the maniacal serial killers. She decides to stay with her cousin for a while to relax and hopefully pull herself together. One night, she discovers that her cousin is also a babysitter, and although this disturbs Jenny, she dismisses it. However, she finds that her cousin is receiving menacing phone calls and notes, just like she did. She begins to get frantic, knowing that a killer has tracked her down. Later, it is found that Jenny was making the calls, tramatized by the past.
The Babysitter IV
Jenny narrowly survived her encounter with a crazed killer and decides to move to a different town. She decides to babysit the neighbor's children, as she is in a different area, and there should be no danger. When Jenny goes to babysit, she finds that strange, unexplainable events are happening, and she begins to fear that her killer has come back from the dead. However, this book contains a different plot line, as it involves two ghost children terrorizing her.
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
in the Point Horror
Point Horror
Point Horror is series of young adult horror fiction books which include authors such as Richie Tankersley Cusick, Ljane Smith, R. L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Caroline B. Cooney, Diane Hoh, Carol Ellis, Auline Bates, Lael Littke, Barbara Steiner, D. E...
Series of young adult suspense
Suspense
Suspense is a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work. Suspense is not exclusive to fiction, though. Suspense may operate in any situation where there is a lead-up to a big event or dramatic...
/horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
novel
Novel
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s by the American
United States
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author
Author
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R. L. Stine
R. L. Stine
Robert Lawrence Stine , known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer. Stine, who is called the "Stephen King of children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Fear Street, Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, and The...
. Jenny would be the character that would form the base for his later works and success. Her character is similar to the babysitter's from the classic folktale "The babysitter and the man upstairs
The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs
The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs is an urban legend that dates back to at least the 1960s about a teenage girl babysitting children while being telephoned by a mysterious man who continually asks her to "check the children"...
".
The BabysitterThe BabysitterThe Babysitter is a 1995 American thriller film directed by Guy Ferland and starring Alicia Silverstone based on the eponymous short story by Robert Coover in his collection Pricksongs and Descants...
(1989)
Jenny Jeffers is introduced as a typical teenage girl who often babysits to make extra money. One day she meets a cute child's parents who ask her to babysit on Thursday. Because the child is so adorable, she says yes. While at their isolated home, she begins to receive menacing phone calls and notes. She realizes she is being stalked by a serial killerSerial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
who preys on local babysitters. She comes up with a list of suspects, one being Chuck, a handsome jock who often plays pranks. However, it is ultimately revealed that the boy's father, Mr. Hagen, is the actual killer, who kidnaps her and takes her to an abandoned rock quarry
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
where he attempts to throw her into the depths. However, she resists, causing him to lose his footing and fall to his death.
The Babysitter IIThe Babysitter IIThe Babysitter II is a sequel to The Babysitter, a novel by R. L. Stine.-Plot summary:Jenny Jeffers is going through a period of distress and fear, as she has narrowly survived a murder attempt by Mr. Hagen, the crazed father of a babysitting charge, who tried to push her into an abandoned rock...
(1991)
In the sequel, she is shown to be going through a great period of distress and shock, as she appears to be suffering from a series of horrific nightmares featuring Hagen, who has come back from the dead. To try and stop the nightmares, she goes to a psychiatrist named Dr. Schindler, who tells her that she should overcome her fear by accepting a new babysitting job. Jenny is reluctant, but she eventually decides she will never heal unless she faces her phobia.Her child that she is watching is an egotistical ten year old brat named Eli, who is a self-proclaimed genius. Eli pushes her limits by making practical jokes at her expense, and scaring her. The next morning, she finds Eli has been attacked. She later discovers that the culprit is Dr. Schindler's receptionist, Miss Gurney, who takes her to the exact quarry that she had earlier almost been killed. Miss Gurney wrestles Jenny into the water at the bottom of the quarry, and nearly drowns her. Dr. Schindler arrives with police and her love interest, Cal just in time, and Cal saves Jenny. Dr. Schindler explained that Miss Gurney had earlier been treated by him for sudden attacks. She had been deemed safe when the tapes from Jenny and Dr. Schindler's sessions, went missing, and he knew that Miss Gurney was up to something. Cal jokes at the end about seeing a movie about zombies as the two kiss.
The Babysitter IIIThe Babysitter IIIThe Babysitter III is a 1993 young adult suspense novel by the American author, R. L. Stine. It has a sequel, The Babysitter IV.-Plot:...
(1993)
Jenny is still shaken because of the two attempts on her life by the maniacal serial killers. She decides to stay with her cousin for a while to relax and hopefully pull herself together. One night, she discovers that her cousin is also a babysitter, and although this disturbs Jenny, she dismisses it. However, she finds that her cousin is receiving menacing phone calls and notes, just like she did. She begins to get frantic, knowing that a killer has tracked her down. Later, it is found that Jenny was making the calls, tramatized by the past.The Babysitter IVThe Babysitter IVThe Babysitter IV is a 1995 young adult suspense novel that was written by the American author R. L. Stine. It is the sequel and conclusion to the books The Babysitter, The Babysitter II, and The Babysitter III.-Plot:...
(1995)
Jenny narrowly survived her encounter with a crazed killer and decides to move to a different town. She decides to babysit the neighbor's children, as she is in a different area, and there should be no danger. When Jenny goes to babysit, she finds that strange, unexplainable events are happening, and she begins to fear that her killer has come back from the dead. However, this book contains a different plot line, as it involves two ghost children terrorizing her.External links
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