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aIn this dark and twisted tale of love and anguish, young singer Christine Daae suddenly transforms from bland chorus-girl to triumphant opera star. Her success is mysterious, but even more so is her inexplicable innability to even acknowledge her relationship with childhood sweetheart, Raoul. Not one to be brushed off so easily, Raoul seeks answers to Christine's vacillating declarations of love and warnings of doom. The answer he finds is horrifying and pitiful, resting in the shadow behind the door, the voice in the walls -- the Phantom. Vivid and fast-paced, this novel will please fans of the musical and the casual reader alike. -- Library Staff Review (Karen H.)

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The story of the Phantom of the Opera, a half-crazed musician hiding in the labyrinth of the famous Paris Opera House and creating a number of strange and mysterious events to further the career of a beautiful young singer, is today regarded as one of the most famous of all horror stories: widely mentioned in the same breath as Frankenstein and Dracula.

Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning,UG,10.0,17.0,AR Level 10.0, UG, 17.0 pts., test #10043

Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7.1,12.0,10043.