Rating: Summary: Great book Review: I believe that this book is great for young people who love to read suspense stories with surprise endings. Lois Duncan, the author, really showed the characters personalities although, she did not really give a good physical description of the characters it was hard for you to picture them. The best part of the book, the ending, was described in clear detail so it really freaked you out. She used a lot of foreshadowing but it did not set you up for the big twist at the end. To figure out what it was you should read this book. I can gaurantee that you will not put it down for a long time.
Rating: Summary: Lois Duncan has done it again with the book Summer Of Fear Review: The author, Lois Duncan, has brought out the characters in this book, giving each of them unique traits. Lois Duncan has written yet another mystery novel that is filled with suspense and excitement. The story opens up with Rachel a seventeen-year-old girl remembering a summer when a strange incident happens. Her cousin Julia comes to live with them. Julia ruins Rachel's life and plans to take over. Julia starts by stealing her boyfriends and her girlfriends. During this story Rachel tries to convince her family and friends that Julia is bad. But of course her family does not believe her. As Duncan travels the characters through the book she brings them through all of her troubles. I thought this book was great and I hope you will want to read it too.
Rating: Summary: Favorite Young Adult Novel Review: I first read Summer of Fear when I was fourteen. It immediately became my favorite. I have reread it several times as an adult, and still enjoy it immensely. I would recommend this book to the young and old alike.
Rating: Summary: Cousin of Fear Review: A reader's first impression of Summer of Fear will more then likely be a story of horror and murder. But they may find out that the book is more then horror, it is a suspenseful thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The book also contains a type of love that over powers everything and could save the lives of your loved ones. Rachel Bryant had a normal life with loving family and friends and the perfect boyfriend, but once her aunt and uncle die in a car crash her cousin Julia, that she hasn't seen since she was 3, comes to lives with them. Rachel is excited about having another girl in the house but once she finally meets Julia her feelings change toward her. She feels some type of magic that surrounds her but it isn't pleasant magic, it's sort of like black magic. Things start changing around Rachel and her family and Rachel is getting suspicious; her family starts to surround Julia with ever lasting love and is very protective about her feelings. Her mom and dad say that they need to help Julia (her cousin) with this awful tragedy, but it doesn't seem to be affecting her in any way at all. She doesn't really care that her mom and dad died a horrible death. When she first got there Julia seemed ok about the event that occurred, like she never cried. When her parent's things arrived from their house she didn't want to look at them at all, like she didn't care that they were actually gone. She never seemed to cry or feel any guilt when someone mentioned her parents. She never ever talked about them! Then when she got a letter from a friend she seemed to ignore it and not care about what was in it or about the sender. More weird things change around her; her brother Peter gets googol eyes for Julia and becomes this sensitive guy towards girls that he has never shown before. Rachel's best friend Carolyn starts being best friends with Julia and leaves Rachel out in everything. Her boyfriend Mike falls madly in love with Julia like she is this beautiful girl that can only appear in dreams. Her dog trickle starts growling at Julia, which is a very unusual behavior he has never shown before, sort of like he knows that there is something wrong with Julia and is just protecting his family. Rachel can't help getting annoyed and suspicious for all these weird exotic changes, because they all changed the night Julia arrived at their house Rachel one day finds this odd shape wax figure in Julia's drawer; it has four legs, a body and a head and white hair sticking out of it. Rachel thinks it looks like a dog, but no it couldn't be for only witches use and make things like that. Could Julia be a witch? No, not Rachel's cousin! Or is she? Rachel knows that there is something more to her cousin then everyone thinks, and since they are blinded by her she will prove to them that Julia isn't who they think she is.
Rating: Summary: Lois Duncan's Finest!! Review: WOW!!! This book was suspenseful, and definately a page turner!! Julia, the evil cousin haunts Rachel by her powers in witchcraft. The question everyone asks in this book is: IS JULIA REALLY WHO SHE SEEMS TO BE???
Rating: Summary: A Page Turner Review: This is a type of book for people who love the suspence such as, why did she say this, why did this happend? The book summer of fear deals with a young teenage girl named Rachel, her friends call her Rae, who just finished school and on to the new summer. She has a loving moher, a lovin father, and two brothers, a younger and an older one. She's very happy because she has everyhting that she needs including a boyfriend. It has only been a few weeks of summer when she gets home and finds out that her aunt and uncle just died in a car accident, and that their child, Rae's cousin is alone in her house and has nobody to go to execept them. Her mother goes out of Albaquerque to get Julia, Rae's cousin. She comes home and Rachel hasn't seen Julia for a long time that she cant remeber what she looked like. She wasn't what she exepected. After a few weeks Julias seems like she wants to take over everyhing that Rae has. That includes her boyfriend, but what does Julia really want?
Rating: Summary: Summer of Fear Review: This is a type of book for people who love the suspence such as, why did she say this, why did this happend? The book summer of fear deals with a young teenage girl named Rachel.... She's very happy because she has everyhting that she needs including a boyfriend. It has only been a few weeks of summer when she gets home and finds out that her aunt and uncle just died in a car accident, and that their child, Rae's cousin is alone in her house and has nobody to go to execept them. Her mother goes out of Albaquerque to get Julia, Rae's cousin. She comes home and Rachel hasn't seen Julia for a long time that she cant remeber what she looked like. She wasn't what she exepected. After a few weeks Julias seems like she wants to take over everyhing that Rae has. That includes her boyfriend, but what does Julia really want?
Rating: Summary: Summer Of Fear Review: From the first few pages I knew I would like this book. It is a suspenseful page turner with a great plot and a fabulous ending. Lois Duncan writes this horror story about how a teenaged girl gets thrown into to a tough situation and uses her wit to uncover a mystery about the the evil lying with in another. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery. Rachel, the main character starts of her summer well. Its warm, sunny, and her and her boyfriend are going great. Then one day her and her family find out that her aunt, uncle and a family friend was killed in a car accident. Julia, their daughter, was now going to live with Rachel and her family. Of course at first Rachel was fine with this. She was sympathetic towards her cousin and was looking forward to getting to know her more because she had always wanted a sister. When Julia came they bonded quickly, this in large part because they shared a room. Their being friends doesn't last very long. Julia begins to get a lot of attention that Rachel used to get, especially from Rachel's boyfriend. Rachel becomes naturally jealous and when Rachel becomes suspicious about Julia her family doesn't pay any attention to it. But what they don't know is that Rachel begins to see things and puts things together about the evil side of Julia. Rachel uncovers that Julia hasn't been very honest about who she is and what really happened to her parents.
Rating: Summary: They need to add more stars to the chart to rank this book Review: This is my absolute favorite Lois Duncun Book. Throw That, This is my absolute Favorite book period. It is The thrilling story of Rachel, formaly known as Rae, a teenager whose aunt and uncle die and their daughter, Julia, comes to live with Rae and her family. When juila comes Rae is disapointed but still trys to treat Julia like a sister. But when Julia Has stolen Raes Parents Love, her boy friend,her best friend and killed her dog, trickle,Rae just doesn't like her. Is Julia Really Who She Says She Is??????????????????????
Rating: Summary: Good Books Review: This is my favorite book. There are so many details that I could watch the movie play through my mind. It scared me out of my wits. I would read this book all over again. I recomend it to every one!
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