Hold on tight--the ride's about to begin!Alex and Joey are looking for thrills. But there aren't too many to be found in Middletown--the most boring place in the universe. Nothing exciting ever happens in Middletown.Nothing, that is, until a strange carnival rolls into town late one night, bringing with it the weirdest, most frightening group of people Alex and Joey have ever seen.Unfortunately, the boys have no idea just how scary the "carny freaks" really are. . .Until a ride on the merry-go-round spins them back in time, trapping them in a carnival of terrors. . .where the sideshows are a scream. . .and the games are to die for.