Bøger af Lois Duncan

Nore Roberts didn't ask for a new life, but now that her mom is gone and her dad is newly married, she has to settle in at Shadow Grove, the old Civil War mansion her stepfamily calls home. When she meets her stepmother, Lisette, Nore is shocked by her youth and beauty that gives her chills- and a hint of something sinister. There's hope of becoming friends with her stepbrother and sister, until Nore realizes they're hiding something. When she begins to feel like the target of a deadly plan, Nore starts digging into her stepfamily's past. The skeletons in their closet are more real than she ever imagined. Can Nore expose her stepmother's dark secret before an old and evil magic swallows her up?

A paranormal rollercoaster ride with goosebumps at every turn--now a motion picture starring Uma Thurman and Anna Sophia Robb! Kit Gordy sees Blackwood Hall towering over black iron gates, and she can't help thinking, This place is evil. The imposing mansion sends a shiver of fear through her. But Kit settles into a routine, trying to ignore the rumors that the highly exclusive boarding school is haunted. Then her classmates begin to show extraordinary and unknown talents. The strange dreams, the voices, the lost letters to family and friends, all become overshadowed by the magic around them.When Kit and her friends realize that Blackwood isn't what it claims to be, it might be too late.

It was only an accident but it would change their lives forever.Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth, and the horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror--or is he out for revenge?This summer, four friends are going to learn that some secrets just won't stay buried.

"Love is a chain to lock a child to its parent. My poor boy, he was too good for this earth. God has called him home." - Abraham Lincoln GRIEF KNOWS NO AGE>If you look at the world's views on grief, it can be disheartening: 19% of the world's population has experienced the loss of a child. That leaves millions of families searching for hope in the grief process.The divorce rate of couples who experience the loss of a child is 80% to 90%.There is a rise in drug or alcohol use among parents or siblings as they struggle to copeSuicide from surviving parents or siblings is on the rise.The collection of stories shared here are from parents who endured the strength to cope with the loss of a child. Imagine having another parent take your hand during your darkest stage of your grief and show you that there can be light and even hope for your future. Each story includes resources and contact info of other parents who can offer support. When you are grieving, it helps to know that you are not alone in that journey. This books also makes a great gift to give a family who is struggling with the loss of a child. The greatest gift to give another is hope. Contributing Authors (in order of their story): Lois DuncanMike ReynoldsGloria HorsleyDick & Sandy GallagherDean EllerDianne RogersMartha TessmerDoug GriffinVioleta AstileanCookie BakkeShari SavageJill Hammond JacksonJennifer DavisCharisse JimenezAlicia BertoleroDanielle LawheadDan CopeJuanita ArroyoMegan ShankCeline FordPatrick MurphyJanet BurrowaySteve RobertsDebbi RathCecilia DiNunnoMary JohnsonClara HintonMichelene FitzgeraldEddie RiveraKaren TesiDale WestCindy BrownIrene FreitasJoanie CookLo Anne MayerLisa A BrightBrad & Jan LopezElly SutherlandCora MerkleyGretchan WheelerRenee Vigil

Now featuring modernized text and an author interview, this book was first published in 1981.

Includes a reading group guide, an interview with the author, and an excerpt from I know what you did last summer.

The best-selling young adult novelist recounts her daughter's mysterious shooting death and her own investigation into the crime, describing her use of a psychic to contact her dead child and expose the truth."Later! I'll see you guys later!" They were the last words Lois Duncan would ever hear her daughter speak. On a balmy midsummer's night in 1989, eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Arquette was shot to death as she drove home along a deserted strip of new Mexico highway. The police called it a random shooting-even though it had all the earmarks of a professional hit. . . . Who would put out a contract on a beautiful young honor student? Was it grief that made Kaitlyn's Vietnamese lover try to take his own life?-or was it not an attempted suicide at all? Lois Duncan's search for answers would take her into the underworld of Vietnamese gangs that stretched across three states. It would lead her to an extraordinary psychic and to a courageous journalist determined to expose the devastating truth. And it would send her on a numbing odyssey into Kaitlyn's shocking secret life as she desperately sought justice for the daughter she would always love . . . even in the face of shattering betrayal and threats to her own life. . . . Praise for Who Killed My Daughter?"Duncan's anguish and frustration surface on practically every page of this sad but intriguing mystery. Her forays into the realm of psychics and dreams are downright eerie."-The Plain Dealer "Who Killed My Daughter? is a story of sadness, frustration and hope. . . . It is an emotional book that reads more like a novel than nonfiction."-San Antonio Express-News "This book is especially well written, perhaps because Duncan's writing comes from her broken heart and anguished soul."-Library Journal "Ms. Duncan is an award-winning yong adult novelist. She does a remarkable job of organizing the untidy events of real life into a cohesive, readable narrative."-The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

Von dem Moment an, in dem Nore Robbins in Louisiana eintrifft, hat sie das Gefühl, gerade eine neue Welt betreten zu haben. Das Wetter im Süden ist zu heiß, die Menschen sprechen mit ungewohnten Akzenten, und selbst die Luft riecht anders. Zumindest die neue Familie ihres Vaters scheint normal zu sein.Doch als die Zeit in Shadow Grove vergeht, beginnt Nore zu entdecken, dass nicht alles so ist, wie es scheint. Ja, ihre Stiefmutter ist freundlich und einladend, aber ist da noch etwas anderes hinter ihren dunklen Augen? Ihre Stiefschwester Josie sieht aus wie eine normale Zwölfjährige, sagt aber Dinge, die unmöglich wahr sein können. Und obwohl Gabe, ihr Stiefbruder, der hübscheste Junge ist, den sie je getroffen hat, könnte er auch der gefährlichste sein. Könnte ihre neue Familie ein dunkles Geheimnis aus der Vergangenheit verbergen? Die Wahrheit, die sie entdeckt, könnte ihr Leben für immer verändern, aber nur, wenn sie den Sommer überleben kann.

Vier Freunde wollen ihren High-School Abschluss feiern und sind mit dem Auto unterwegs, als sie nachts jemanden anfahren. Um nicht in Schwierigkeiten zu kommen, beschließen die vier, die Leiche loszuwerden und abzuhauen. Alles läuft gut und der Vorfall wird langsam vergessen, bis ein Jahr später jemand beginnt, ihnen Briefe zu schicken. Briefe mit den Worten: "I know what you did last summer."

Mr. Griffin ist Englischlehrer und nicht besonders sympathisch. Mit seiner Art macht er sich keine Freunde bei seinen Schülern, insbesondere nicht bei David und seinen Freunden. Susan kommt neu in diesen Freundeskreis und ist zunächst überglücklich mit dem beliebtesten Jungen der Schule zusammen zu sein. Doch dann geraten sie alle in Dinge hinein, die für sie eine Nummer zu groß sind

From the moment Nore Robbins arrives in Louisiana, she feels like she has just stepped into a new world. The weather in the South is too hot, the people speak with unfamiliar accents, and even the air smells different. At least her father’s new family seems to be normal. But as time starts to pass in Shadow Grove, Nore begins to discover that not everything is as it seems. Yes, her stepmother is kind and welcoming, but is there something else behind her dark eyes? Her stepsister Josie looks like a normal twelve-yearold, but says things that can’t possibly be true. And though Gabe, her stepbrother, is the most handsome boy she has ever met, he might also be the most dangerous. Could her new family be hiding some dark secret from the past? The truth that she discovers may change her life forever, but only if she can survive the summer. Easy Readers er bearbejdede og forkortede udgaver af romaner og noveller. De findes på niveau A, B, C og D, hvor A er lettest. Niveauerne relaterer til Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 til B2).

Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.

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.

The girls at Modesta High School feel like they're stuck in some anti-feminist time warp-they're faced with sexism at every turn, and they've had enough. Sponsored by their new art teacher, Ms. Stark, they band together to form the Daughters of Eve. It's more than a school club-it's a secret society, a sisterhood. At first, it seems like they are actually changing the way guys at school treat them. But Ms. Stark urges them to take more vindictive action, and it starts to feel more like revenge-brutal revenge. Blinded by their oath of loyalty, the Daughters of Eve become instruments of vengeance. Can one of them break the spell before real tragedy strikes?

The man on the ground did not move. David turned the light away from the man's face. "He's not asleep," he said. "He's dead!"Susan felt so lucky to be together with David - the most popular boy in high school - and his friends. But soon her dream turned into a nightmare, and she began to wish she had never met them...Easy Readers er bearbejdede og forkortede udgaver af romaner og noveller. De findes på niveau A, B, C og D, hvor A er lettest. Niveauerne relaterer til Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 til B2).

Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.

The plan was only to scare their English teacher...They never actually intended to kill Mr. Griffin. But sometimes plans go wrong.

As they celebrate their high school graduation, four friends are involved in a hit-and-run accident. They dispose of the body, but a year later somebody starts sending them letters, saying: 'I Know What you Did Last Summer' ... Easy Readers er bearbejdede og forkortede udgaver af romaner og noveller. De findes på niveau A, B, C og D, hvor A er lettest. Niveauerne relaterer til Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (level A2 til B2).