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Summer of Fear
Summer of Fear | Lois Duncan
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From the moment Rachel's family takes in her orphaned cousin Julia, strange things start to happen. Rachel grows suspicious but soon finds herself alienated from her own life. Julia seems to have enchanted everyone to turn against her, leaving Rachel on her own to try and prove that Julia is a witch. One thing about Julia is certain-she is not who she says she is, and Rachel's family is in grave danger.
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Eggs
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From the author of I Know What You Did Last Summer! When Rachel‘s aunt and uncle are killed in a car crash, their daughter Julia comes to live with Rachel and her family. But there‘s something ‘off‘ about Julia…

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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 1y
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DebinHawaii
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I‘ve posted this book before but it‘s been ages & since today‘s prompt is #fear & we‘re the thick of summer, I had to go with it. One of my favorite all-time books (& authors) of my childhood. I loved my copy (the one in the center) but gave it away & had to rebuy a more updated cover. Also, I bought the DVD of the cheesy (but good) Wes Craven-directed TV movie—aka Stranger in Our House—with Linda Blair several years ago. 🤗😱

Eggs Well done 👍🏼💀🖤 3y
MaleficentBookDragon I absolutely ❤️❤️❤️❤️ this book and movie when I was twelve. Lois Duncan scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, especially this one and 3y
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Happy First Day of Summer!

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Book 60🎧
OH SNAP👏🏻 The 👑 of YA thriller has done it yet again!
I will admit that I “called” this one pretty early but that did NOT change how good it was🙌🏻
@MaleficentBookDragon - 100% my favourite yet🖤 Now for that trailer!

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This edition was updated with modernized text, and I have to admit it made a huge difference. I had read the original Don‘t Look Behind you and it felt dated, whereas this did not. YA page turner about a teenager who has her estranged cousin move in with her family after a tragedy. I knew the answers long before the protagonist, but it was still a fun ride. Well done, Ms. Duncan.

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monalyisha
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We interrupt your #FreakyFriday posting to bring you simply the best cover design I have ever, ever seen.

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Librariana In the wise words of Uncle George Takei "Oh Myyy" ? 7y
Librariana Also... "In the immortal words of The Doors, 'The time to hesitate is through.'" ? Yay Lucas! 7y
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DebinHawaii
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#sweetsummerstack This book makes me think of summer-especially summer weekends in the 80s, baking in the sun with my friends & stealing lemons from the kitchen to put streaks in our hair. Summer of Fear had a TV movie that was often in the VCR on summer nights. Directed by Wes Craven, & starring Linda Blair, it was cheesy & bad in the best way. I pulled out the movie & book for a summer repeat 🌞👍Thanks @Liberty for another great giveaway.💛

Richryan52 Any help you can give a newbie would be appreciated 7y
LisaJo Lois Duncan!!! I read Summer of a Fear and then I read all of her other books. There's one that takes place in a girl school that I loved. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🍋 7y
DebinHawaii @Richryan52 Welcome to Litsy! 🎉📚I think the best advice I can give you is to jump in and have fun, leave comments, join in discussions & things going on, & ask any specific questions you have--people are really nice here. Looking for people who like the same books you do to follow is a great place to start when you're new. 👍😀 7y
DebinHawaii @LisaJo Down a Dark Hall--it's one of my favorites too! 📚💜 7y
Richryan52 Thank you deb 7y
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DebinHawaii
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#JuneTunz #BooksFromBoxes Full disclosure, this is a repost pic but I let time & the lighting slip away working on a blog post so I'm using it. 😬This is my Lois Duncan box-she was my favorite author as a preteen & led me to my enjoyment of twisty thrillers.😱Several years ago I bought used copies of her books, reread my favorites, put them in this box & stored them on my closet shelf. When she passed away last year I reread them all yet again.❤️

DebinHawaii And the video is my favorite so-bad-it's-good 1978 TV movie of her book, staring Linda Blair. 😆👍 7y
Hooked_on_books I loved her books when I was young. Thanks for the jog down memory lane! 7y
LeahBergen I think I read that same edition of I Know What You Did Last Summer. 😂 7y
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Cinfhen Lois Duncan was boss 💜💜💜 7y
LitLogophile I used to love these in middle school! 7y
Natashareadsbooks I love Stranger with my face! 💜 I haven't really been much into thriller books because of my over active imagination- is be up for a week straight, & now with a toddler of my own, i need my sleep!! 😂😂 7y
Abrabookish Omg I used to love Lois Duncan!! 7y
DebinHawaii @Hooked_on_books @LeahBergen @Cinfhen @litlogophile @Natashareadsbooks @Abrabookish It's great to see all the Duncan fans. She certainly impacted me as a reader. 👍📚 @Smangela I did read it several years ago. Such a heartbreaking thing to have happened.💔 7y
Smangela @DebinHawaii oh my gosh I know :( it made me look at her in a whole new light 😢 7y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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#readjanuary #bookface Part 1
I used to have red hair.
Loved this book when I was a kid; the movie too.
Lois Duncan messed my childhood up!

DebinHawaii One of my favorites-book and TV movie! 👍📚 8y
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DebinHawaii
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I've shared before that Rosemary's Baby was my first adult book & #firsthorrorbook, 'borrowed' from my parent's bookshelf when I was 9/10, so I thought I'd pair it with Summer of Fear, probably the first YA horror book I checked out freely at about the same age. Probably my favorite Lois Duncan, this is the cover I had. I bought a used copy & a copy of the so-bad-it's-good TV movie w/ Linda Blair a few years ago & it's still fun! 😱#AllHallowsRead

LeahBergen I remember Summer of Fear! 8y
MemoirsForMe Yikes! Rosemary's Baby! 😱 8y
Literarydust Summer of Fear!!!! 8y
DebinHawaii @LeahBergen @Literarydust I may have to read it again and watch the DVD of the movie this weekend. 😱👍😀 @UwannaPublishme A classic! 👹😱 8y
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