Middletown

Middletown is a location featured in the fifty-seventh Goosebumps book, My Best Friend Is Invisible.

History
Middletown is hinted to be fairly large, as it is home to multiple schools. Annually, the schools all come together, and their students compete in a "mini-Olympics".

According to local legend, there is a haunted house in Middletown. The building is abandoned and known as Hedge House. Supposedly, a new family — the Stilsons — once moved to town, and they were unaware of the rumors about Hedge House. Legend has it that a ghost appeared to Jeffrey and showed him the secret of the house, but the secret is never revealed to the reader. According to the television episode, the house is colloquially named after the tall hedges that surround it.

In the twist ending of the book, it is revealed that Middletown is inhabited by inhuman creatures; it's hinted that the book takes place on Earth, so it's unclear how these beings came to be prominence — or how humans became endangered. The television episode explains that the protagonist's species invaded Earth and sent the humans away to space colonies.

Residents
Below is a list of people who live in, work in, or frequent Millville:
 * The Jacobs family
 * Includes Sammy Jacobs, Simon Jacobs, Mr. Jacobs (Norman Jacobs in the television adaptation), and Mrs. Jacobs (Beverly Jacobs in the television adaptation) as well as their pet cat, Brutus.
 * The Johnson family
 * Includes at least Roxanne Johnson and Mrs. Johnson.
 * The Stilson family (unconfirmed existence)
 * Includes Jeffrey Stilson
 * Ms. Starkling
 * Brent Green
 * Claire
 * Ms. Pinsky
 * Ms. Turnbull
 * Jed
 * Dr. Krandall

Locations
The book alludes to a movie theater multiple times, but it's never explicitly stated to be a location within the town limits. Also, given the size of Middletown, it's possible that there is more than one residential area, but the reader is only introduced to the one Sammy lives in.

Trivia

 * "My Best Friend Is Invisible" was filmed in Toronto, Canada. Though, the episode never explicitly mentions the name of the town.
 * While it's unclear if Middletown is named after a real location, there are numerous real places in the United States that share its name.