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Summary Of The Secret Bedroom

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R.L. Stine’s book The Secret Bedroom is about a girl named Lea Carson. Lea Carson is a girl in high school that get bullied a lot. Like how you see in the movies you have the popular kids that pick on the non-popular kids. One day Lea is going to sit down at her lunch table when one of the popular girls sticks her leg out and trips her. This causes Lea to trip and through her lunch, this causes people in the lunch room to start laughing and making fun of Lea. Lea was so impressed that her face turned red and she called her mom to come get her. The next day Lea faked sick so she didn’t have to face the mean girls he next day. While at home Lea is watching TV like any other teenager would do. All of a sudden Lea hears a loud banging noise.
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