The Babysitter III is a 1993 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...

 novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 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...

. It has a sequel, The Babysitter IV

The Babysitter IV

The 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:...

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Plot

Jenny Jeffers

Jenny Jeffers

Jenny Jeffers is the main protagonist in the Point Horror Series of young adult suspense/horror novels by the American author R. L. Stine. Jenny would be the character that would form the base for his later works and success...

is still trying to overcome her experiences with the serial killers who had tried to murder her twice. Jenny decides to visit her cousin for a retreat in an attempt to relax and pull herself together. One night, her cousin brings some children over, and Jenny finds out she is a babysitter too. Jenny is shaken because this reminds her of the exact problem she was trying to escape. She dismisses it, determined to recover. Later, her cousin begins to experience haunting phone calls just like Jenny used to get, and she begins to fear she has brought the terror with her.