"He has the voice of an angel. And the face of a monster. When he takes off his mask, people scream! Only one person has ever loved...THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA!"
"Step-Up Classic Chillers are wonderfully scary yet easy to read. They're adapted from some of the best books ever written. RL: 2.6"
Kate McMullan has accurately rewritten, reordered, and reworded Leroux's novel for children in a sympathetic autobiographical form of Erik's life story from birth to near death. Illustrations by Paul Jennis.
Erik asks the ventriloquist to teach him her tricks.
The Shah and the Persian.
The Persian finds a corpse on the beach to pass off as Erik's body.
Erik builds the Opera House.
After years in the cellars, Erik begins to venture above and gains the reputation as the ghost.
Erik hears Christine sing for the first time.
Behind the mirror.
Erik climbs to the rafters to "work carefully" on the chandelier.
The chandelier falls.
On the lake.
Unmasking.
Masquerade.
Erik takes Christine back up after she stays with him for a while after the masquerade.
Apollo's Lyre.
Christine disappears during the performance.
Switches.
Christine steals the keys to the torture chamber.
Raoul and the Persian search for an escape in the torture chamber.
Erik has a change of heart after Christine lets him kiss her.
Erik lets Raoul and Christine go together.
