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It is one of the nineteen original series books that was not adapted into [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} [[Series/Goosebumps1995 the 1995 TV series]]. There was an event based on it in VideoGame/GoosebumpsHorrorTown.
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* OldSchoolBuilding: The titular school, which dates back to at least 1947 and hides some pretty dark secrets, as Tommy finds out after taking the wrong elevator.
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* SanitySlippage: Most of the kids from the original class of Bell Valley Middle School went completely insane ever since they were trapped in Grayworld.
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* SanitySlippage: Most of the kids from the original class of Bell Valley Middle School went completely have gone insane ever since they were from being trapped in Grayworld.
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* WrongAssumption: [[spoiler: When he hears that one of the class of 1947, a girl, somehow escaped into the real world, Tommy assumes that it was [[HugeSchoolgirl Greta]], the one who gave him a hard time back in the school. He believes this because she has [[WhiteHairBlackHeart almost white hair]], [[IcyBlueEyes steel-gray eyes]], and pale skin, like the gray children of Grayworld. It turns out that [[RedHerring this girl wasn't Greta all along]], it was Thalia.]]
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* WrongAssumption: [[spoiler: When he hears that one of the class of 1947, a girl, somehow escaped into the real world, Tommy assumes that it was [[HugeSchoolgirl Greta]], the one who gave him a hard time back in the school. He believes this because she has [[WhiteHairBlackHeart almost white hair]], [[IcyBlueEyes steel-gray eyes]], and pale skin, like the gray children of Grayworld. It turns out that [[RedHerring this girl wasn't Greta all along]], it was Thalia.]]]]
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Tommy Frazer's just moved to a new town, and a new school. A school that's so big, it's easy to get lost in. One day, Tommy does indeed get lost, and stumbles upon a room dedicated to the Class of '47, who all disappeared mysteriously after getting their class picture taken. Later, the night of a school dance, he and his friend Ben find an elevator that goes sideways, leading them to the truth about the missing students.
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Tommy Frazer's just moved to a new town, and a new school. A school that's so big, it's easy to get lost in. One day, Tommy does indeed get lost, and stumbles upon a room dedicated to the Class of '47, 1947, who all disappeared mysteriously after getting their class picture taken. Later, the night of a school dance, he and his friend Ben find an elevator that goes sideways, leading them to the truth about the missing students.
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* AndThenWhat: When thinking of how he and Ben can escape from the savage class of 1947, Tommy tells him that he and him can just spontaneously run away in different directions, to which Ben then replied with this trope. Tommy didn't want to answer that question, and din't know the answer itself, but just tells him to do it. Indeed, it doesn't work.
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* AndThenWhat: When thinking of how he and Ben can escape from the savage class of 1947, Tommy tells him that he and him can just spontaneously run away in different directions, to which Ben then replied with this trope. Tommy didn't want to answer that question, and din't didn’t know the answer itself, but just tells him to do it. Indeed, it doesn't work.
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: A band that is scheduled to perform at the school dance, which was formed by students, is called Grunt. It had five guitar players (whom were all boys) and one drummer (who was [[OneOfTheBoys Greta]]). Tommy heard rumors that [[DreadfulMusician three of the guitar players didn't really know how to play]].
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* AGoodNameForARockBand: A band that is scheduled to perform at the school dance, which was formed by some students, is called Grunt. It had have five guitar players (whom were all boys) and one drummer (who was [[OneOfTheBoys Greta]]). Tommy heard rumors that [[DreadfulMusician three of the guitar players didn't really know how to play]].
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* ItOnlyWorksOnce: When warding off the deranged students of the Grayworld class, Tommy uses his lighter to burn some leaves on the ground, in which the colorful flames distracted the children and caused the rest to escape. However, when he tries this again to provide a passage out of Grayworld, it only causes the flame to come out grey like everything else in this world.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ben Jackson, one of the main characters in the book, may be a bit of a prankster who likes making jokes and can be serious when he needs to be but he means well is, for the most part, fairly friendly.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ben Jackson, one of the main characters in the book, may be a bit of a prankster who likes making jokes and can be serious when he needs to be but he means well is, for the most part, fairly friendly.
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* ItOnlyWorksOnce: When warding off the deranged students of the Grayworld class, Tommy uses his lighter to burn some leaves on the ground, in which the colorful flames distracted the children and caused the rest to escape. However, when he tries this again to provide a passage out of Grayworld, it only causes the flame to come out grey like almost everything else in this world.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ben Jackson, one of the main characters in the book, may be a bit of a prankster who likes making jokes and can be serious when he needs to be but he means well and is, for the most part, fairly friendly.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ben Jackson, one of the main characters in the book, may be a bit of a prankster who likes making jokes and can be serious when he needs to be but he means well and is, for the most part, fairly friendly.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: When he hears that one of the class of 1947, a girl, somehow escaped into the real world, Tommy assumes that it was [[HugeSchoolgirl Greta]], the one who gave him a hard time back in the school. He believes this because she has [[WhiteHairBlackHeart almost white hair]], [[IcyBlueEyes steel-gray eyes]], and pale skin, like the gray children of Grayworld. It turns out that [[RedHerring this girl wasn't Greta all along]], it was Thalia.]]
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* WrongGenreSavvy: WrongAssumption: [[spoiler: When he hears that one of the class of 1947, a girl, somehow escaped into the real world, Tommy assumes that it was [[HugeSchoolgirl Greta]], the one who gave him a hard time back in the school. He believes this because she has [[WhiteHairBlackHeart almost white hair]], [[IcyBlueEyes steel-gray eyes]], and pale skin, like the gray children of Grayworld. It turns out that [[RedHerring this girl wasn't Greta all along]], it was Thalia.]]
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-->'''Tommy:''' Don't panic. We.ll get the doors open.
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-->'''Tommy:''' Don't panic. We.ll We’ll get the doors open.
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* AxesAtSchool: Tommy brings a lighter, one that [[TragicKeepsake his grandfather gave him right before he died]], to school. He knows he's not supposed to have one there, but he keeps it around as a good luck charm. [[ChekovsGun It proves to be important later on]].
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* AxesAtSchool: Tommy brings a lighter, one that [[TragicKeepsake his grandfather gave him right before he died]], to school. He knows he's not supposed to have one there, but he keeps it around as a good luck charm. [[ChekovsGun [[ChekhovsGun It proves to be important later on]].
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I am glad I can help. I still have my skills, but not for much longer.
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I am glad I can help. I still have my skills, but not for much longer.
* AndThenWhat: When thinking of how he and Ben can escape from the savage class of 1947, Tommy tells him that he and him can just spontaneously run away in different directions, to which Ben then replied with this trope. Tommy didn't want to answer that question, and din't know the answer itself, but just tells him to do it. Indeed, it doesn't work.
* AxesAtSchool: Tommy brings a lighter, one that [[TragicKeepsake his grandfather gave him right before he died]], to school. He knows he's not supposed to have one there, but he keeps it around as a good luck charm. [[ChekovsGun It proves to be important later on]].
* BlindedByTheLight: To distract the wild children in Grayworld, Tommy flicks open his lighter, which shoots up a yellow flame. Because they hadn't seen such a bright color in a long time, the others are anguished by the sight of it, complaining that it hurts to see it and shielding their eyes. And then Tommy uses the flame to torch a pile of leaves nearby, which exacerbates the children's horror.
* AxesAtSchool: Tommy brings a lighter, one that [[TragicKeepsake his grandfather gave him right before he died]], to school. He knows he's not supposed to have one there, but he keeps it around as a good luck charm. [[ChekovsGun It proves to be important later on]].
* BlindedByTheLight: To distract the wild children in Grayworld, Tommy flicks open his lighter, which shoots up a yellow flame. Because they hadn't seen such a bright color in a long time, the others are anguished by the sight of it, complaining that it hurts to see it and shielding their eyes. And then Tommy uses the flame to torch a pile of leaves nearby, which exacerbates the children's horror.
* ComplimentBackfire: Tommy's new stepmother, who tries to relate to him, tells him that maybe he will grow out of his "baby fat" and become handsome later in life. Tommy does NOT appreciate this comment.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Mr. Chameleon, the only photographer in town, was heavily annoyed because the class that he was supposed to be taking a picture of were messing around and wouldn't stand still. This prompts him to '''''send them all to an obscure place in another dimension seemingly for all eternity.'''''
* EvilElevator: Tommy and Ben run into this trope when using the old school elevator to get to the third floor for art supplies. Instead of going there, it breaks down for a bit, and then sends them ''sideways'' to Grayworld.
* ForWantOfANail: If one were to think about it, what [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Greta]] did at the school dance was most likely the '''direct cause''' of the serious events of this book. She accidentally broke the party banner, which caused Tommy and Ben to go look for tape to patch it back up. But they then stumble upon the elevator that transports them to Grayworld. [[spoiler: And it's their disappearance that causes Thalia to go looking for them, which brings her back to Grayworld, and she gets them back to the normal world. But it's ''then'' that the principal finds them, leads them back to the dance, and gets them in the group shot to have everyone dance worker's picture taken. And Mr. Chameleon, annoyed yet again that the photo shoot was held up because of Tommy and Ben's abscence, is heavily implied to send yet another class to Grayworld. '''''None of these events would have happened if a banner hadn't been broken.''''']]
* AGoodNameForARockBand: A band that is scheduled to perform at the school dance, which was formed by students, is called Grunt. It had five guitar players (whom were all boys) and one drummer (who was [[OneOfTheBoys Greta]]). Tommy heard rumors that [[DreadfulMusician three of the guitar players didn't really know how to play]].
* AGoodNameForARockBand: A band that is scheduled to perform at the school dance, which was formed by students, is called Grunt. It had five guitar players (whom were all boys) and one drummer (who was [[OneOfTheBoys Greta]]). Tommy heard rumors that [[DreadfulMusician three of the guitar players didn't really know how to play]].
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: When warding off the deranged students of the Grayworld class, Tommy uses his lighter to burn some leaves on the ground, in which the colorful flames distracted the children and caused the rest to escape. However, when he tries this again to provide a passage out of Grayworld, it only causes the flame to come out grey like everything else in this world.
* OminousFog: The outside surroundings of Grayworld is full of this.
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* UncannyValleyMakeup: Thalia wears such heavy makeup that she looks completely unnatural and even creepy (she is only twelve years old), leading to bullying from her classmates. It turns out this is because [[spoiler: she escaped from the colorless world and her skin is completely gray.]]
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* TerribleArtist: Tommy and Thalia turn out to be not great at painting. They tried to make a big poster of a bison (the school mascot) for the dance, but it didn't look much like a real life bison. Ben said it looked more like a cow that had been sick for a long time.
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: When Tommy and Ben get into the old school elevator, only for the doors to initially not open while they're inside, the former tries to reassure the latter this trope.
-->'''Ben:''' How are we going to get out of here?
-->'''Tommy:''' Don't panic. We.ll get the doors open.
-->'''Ben:''' Why shouldn't I panic?
-->'''Tommy:''' Because I want to be the one who panics first!
* UncannyValleyMakeup: Thalia wears such heavy makeup that she looks completely unnatural and even creepy (she is only twelve years old), leading to bullying from her classmates. It turns out this is because [[spoiler: she escaped from the colorless world and her skin is completely gray.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: When he hears that one of the class of 1947, a girl, somehow escaped into the real world, Tommy assumes that it was [[HugeSchoolgirl Greta]], the one who gave him a hard time back in the school. He believes this because she has [[WhiteHairBlackHeart almost white hair]], [[IcyBlueEyes steel-gray eyes]], and pale skin, like the gray children of Grayworld. It turns out that [[RedHerring this girl wasn't Greta all along]], it was Thalia.]]
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: When Tommy and Ben get into the old school elevator, only for the doors to initially not open while they're inside, the former tries to reassure the latter this trope.
-->'''Ben:''' How are we going to get out of here?
-->'''Tommy:''' Don't panic. We.ll get the doors open.
-->'''Ben:''' Why shouldn't I panic?
-->'''Tommy:''' Because I want to be the one who panics first!
* UncannyValleyMakeup: Thalia wears such heavy makeup that she looks completely unnatural and even creepy (she is only twelve years old), leading to bullying from her classmates. It turns out this is because [[spoiler: she escaped from the colorless world and her skin is completely gray.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: When he hears that one of the class of 1947, a girl, somehow escaped into the real world, Tommy assumes that it was [[HugeSchoolgirl Greta]], the one who gave him a hard time back in the school. He believes this because she has [[WhiteHairBlackHeart almost white hair]], [[IcyBlueEyes steel-gray eyes]], and pale skin, like the gray children of Grayworld. It turns out that [[RedHerring this girl wasn't Greta all along]], it was Thalia.]]
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Just imagine the reaction of the 1947 classmates' parents once they learn they would never see their children again after what happened to them the past 50 years.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ben Jackson, one of the main characters in the book, may be a bit of a prankster who likes making jokes and can be serious when he needs to be but he means well is, for the most part, fairly friendly.
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* BystanderSyndrome: When Greta steals Thalia's lipstick, she fights with it and even ''starts crying'' while trying to get it back, yet none of the students around her attempt to help her. Heck, some of them are even cheering Greta on. It takes Tommy the courage to stand up to her and try to take the lipstick back.
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* MythologyGag: The picture of the skull on the back of the locker as seen in the cover is Curly the Skeleton.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tommy reads a Ray Bradbury story about "these kids who live on a planet where it never stops raining," and are miserable because they can't go outside in the sun. This general idea of kids being sad they can't experience sunshine becomes similar to [[spoiler: the Grey kids, who are stuck in the grey world with no natural sunlight, and are sad about it.]]
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The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book where a school has a strange secret.
Tommy Frazer's just moved to a new town, and a new school. A school that's so big, it's easy to get lost in. One day, Tommy does indeed get lost, and stumbles upon a room dedicated to the Class of '47, who all disappeared mysteriously after getting their class picture taken. Later, the night of a school dance, he and his friend Ben find an elevator that goes sideways, leading them to the truth about the missing students.
It is one of the nineteen original series books that was not adapted into [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]].
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: An entire class has been teleported to a strange black and white world where they never age. When Tommy and Ben arrive here years later, most of the students have devolved into insane, bloodthirsty savages, and want to keep them there forever.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Tommy's lighter and Thalia's lipstick, [[spoiler: which help them escape Grayworld]].
* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler: The kids escape Grayworld, only to find out that their class photo will be taken by Mr. Chameleon, whom they realize too late was the photographer who sent the Class of '47 to Grayworld in the first place.]]
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Grayworld is a dimension without color.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The protagonists escape Grayworld with help from Thalia, but can't save her and the other trapped students. They return to the school dance in time for a class picture, where they discover ''way'' too late that the photographer is the same one who sent the class of 1947 to Grayworld. He snaps the picture, presumably trapping them for good and stealing Bellwood's children all over again.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: The main characters end up trapped in an alternate dimension with no color, where you never age]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: Mr. Chameleon, the sinister photographer who sent the children to Grayworld in the first place. Even worse, [[spoiler: he's still alive in the present day.]]
* MagicalCamera: Mr. Chameleon's camera acts as a portal to another dimension.
* NeverTrustATitle: Despite having the word "haunted" in the title, the book doesn't involve ghosts of any kind.
* NothingIsScarier: Mr. Chameleon is, judging by the impact of his actions, one of the most horrific characters in the series. We never actually meet him, or learn who or what he is or why he's sending children to the Grayworld.
* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler: The ending implies that Tommy and the kids in his class will be sent to Grayworld by Mr. Chameleon and trapped like the 1947 class was. However, Thalia can just as easily open another doorway into the color world using her lipstick if it still has its color by the time Tommy and the others show up. And even if it doesn't, Tommy can most likely burn open a doorway using his lighter, or any of the many other kids in their class can easily have an object that can allow them to open a doorway.]]
* SanitySlippage: Most of the kids from the original class of Bell Valley Middle School went completely insane ever since they were trapped in Grayworld.
* UncannyValleyMakeup: Thalia wears such heavy makeup that she looks completely unnatural and even creepy (she is only twelve years old), leading to bullying from her classmates. It turns out this is because [[spoiler: she escaped from the colorless world and her skin is completely gray.]]
Tommy Frazer's just moved to a new town, and a new school. A school that's so big, it's easy to get lost in. One day, Tommy does indeed get lost, and stumbles upon a room dedicated to the Class of '47, who all disappeared mysteriously after getting their class picture taken. Later, the night of a school dance, he and his friend Ben find an elevator that goes sideways, leading them to the truth about the missing students.
It is one of the nineteen original series books that was not adapted into [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]].
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!!The book provides examples of:
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: An entire class has been teleported to a strange black and white world where they never age. When Tommy and Ben arrive here years later, most of the students have devolved into insane, bloodthirsty savages, and want to keep them there forever.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Tommy's lighter and Thalia's lipstick, [[spoiler: which help them escape Grayworld]].
* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler: The kids escape Grayworld, only to find out that their class photo will be taken by Mr. Chameleon, whom they realize too late was the photographer who sent the Class of '47 to Grayworld in the first place.]]
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Grayworld is a dimension without color.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The protagonists escape Grayworld with help from Thalia, but can't save her and the other trapped students. They return to the school dance in time for a class picture, where they discover ''way'' too late that the photographer is the same one who sent the class of 1947 to Grayworld. He snaps the picture, presumably trapping them for good and stealing Bellwood's children all over again.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: The main characters end up trapped in an alternate dimension with no color, where you never age]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: Mr. Chameleon, the sinister photographer who sent the children to Grayworld in the first place. Even worse, [[spoiler: he's still alive in the present day.]]
* MagicalCamera: Mr. Chameleon's camera acts as a portal to another dimension.
* NeverTrustATitle: Despite having the word "haunted" in the title, the book doesn't involve ghosts of any kind.
* NothingIsScarier: Mr. Chameleon is, judging by the impact of his actions, one of the most horrific characters in the series. We never actually meet him, or learn who or what he is or why he's sending children to the Grayworld.
* RayOfHopeEnding: [[spoiler: The ending implies that Tommy and the kids in his class will be sent to Grayworld by Mr. Chameleon and trapped like the 1947 class was. However, Thalia can just as easily open another doorway into the color world using her lipstick if it still has its color by the time Tommy and the others show up. And even if it doesn't, Tommy can most likely burn open a doorway using his lighter, or any of the many other kids in their class can easily have an object that can allow them to open a doorway.]]
* SanitySlippage: Most of the kids from the original class of Bell Valley Middle School went completely insane ever since they were trapped in Grayworld.
* UncannyValleyMakeup: Thalia wears such heavy makeup that she looks completely unnatural and even creepy (she is only twelve years old), leading to bullying from her classmates. It turns out this is because [[spoiler: she escaped from the colorless world and her skin is completely gray.]]
