Abandoned by Booklikes

So I never read this book back in the day. Shocking I know since I inhaled Cusick and R.L. Stine like no one's business back in the day. I think because it was hard to find Cusick's books at the store when I was a kid and Stine was all over the place.

"Trick or Treat" follows Martha who has moved from her home in Chicago to go live with her father and his new wife in some rundown home in a small town. I am going to just assume this is in the mid-west somewhere though so far no one has given any clues what state this new place is. I am staring to lean towards the east coast because of the mention of the style of house with a gabled roof and all. I could be wrong. Martha's dad kind of sucks. He eloped and had his new wife buy a house and moved his daughter away. Martha has a new stepbrother named Conor who she seems "intrigued" by (I need bleach) and hates the new home that also has a cemetery on the grounds. Martha so far has only met one family in this whole place and has been told her home called the Bedford House had a murder in it years ago. Dun dun dun.

Here are the squares you can read for if you finish this book and why:

Oh you got the scary house with gables, it's creeky, dark, and a new stepbrother who is talk, dark, and handsome. There's also some weird mystery going around that centers around a heroine. 

There's a cemetery on the property. Enough said. 

Book starts off in October and there's already mention of jack-o-lanterns, scarecrows, and decorating for Halloween. And there's the title. 

This would be a perfect book to read by flashlight or candle light. The setting of this house is creeping me the heck out.

Going by the way the house is described. I wish someone would say where this is located. So this one is a maybe.

Well it's a mystery. Someone is calling Martha going "Trick or Treat" and we know a murder happened in the home. 

Hmm. I guess that Martha and Conor may start to investigate their home. We will see. This one is a maybe too.

It's mentioned a bunch of times this is a house set in the country and not in the town.

Should fit too since we now are hearing about the murder.

Martha thinks the house is haunted and it seems that way based on the cold spots and the whispering.

Same reason as above.

Martha is in high school and attended school already. Also I think the school is called Bedford and that's the name of her house too. Weird.

The cover is black!

Book was written in 1989!

Book fits the horror category.

Fits for Fear Street description!

There is mention of how small this town is. Whose name I am still unclear on. 

This takes place in America.