Amanda Benson

Amanda Benson is the main protagonist of the first Goosebumps book - "Welcome To Dead House".
== Welcome To Dead House ==
At some point, Amanda and her family moved to Dark Falls after achieving a house from Mr Benson's late uncle. After moving into the house, Amanda began seeing people around the house (a boy standing at her room's bay window and a girl standing at the top of the stairs leading to the second floor). Both she and her brother Josh encountered many of the other kids who lived in Dark Falls and made friends with them. 
However, the family dog, Petey, ran off so Amanda and her family went to look for him but were unable to locate his whereabouts. One night, while their parents were at a party, Amanda and josh headed to the local cemetery and found Petey running among the gravestones. One of their new friends, Ray, caught up with them and soon enough, Amanda found a gravestone with Ray's name on it. Ray revealed that he died in their house as it was revealed to be the "Dead House". Once a year, the residents of Dark Falls needed fresh blood in order to keep living so they lured people to live in the Dead House, later killing them to satisfy their hunger and turning more people into beings like them. As Ray was about to attack Amanda, Josh came back and accidentally shined his flashlight on ray, making the boy disappear. Amanda and Josh then hurried back to the house, where they were attacked by the dead children. However, Mr Dawes, the real estate agent then came to the rescue, driving Amanda and Josh to the cemetery, where he claimed to have left their parents. 
The duo ended up finding Mr Dawes grave and ran away from him as he chased them but retreated to an amphitheater covered with trees to escape the sunlight. Mr and Mrs Benson were tied up in the amphitheater. Amanda and Josh ended up saving them by pushing over an old tree hanging over the amphitheater, letting in sunlight and disintegrating all of the Dark Falls residents. The family then proceeded to hire a moving van to move back to their original house. Before they left, Amanda thought she saw Mr Dawes welcoming a new family to the Dead House but didn't think much of it as they drove to their hometown.
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