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Summer of Fear

Lois Duncan

  • 218 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1976
  • 13 editions
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1 About this book

Summer of Fear is a 1976 American horror novel by Lois Duncan. The plot follows a teenaged girl who suspects her recently orphaned cousin is practicing witchcraft. The novel was adapted into a 1978 film by Wes Craven.

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Good for readers who want: horror and witches.

  • New mexico
  • Horror
  • Thrillers
  • Mystery & detective, hard-boiled
  • Witchcraft
  • Witches
  • Paranormal fiction
  • Children's fiction

2 About Lois Duncan

1934–2016

Lois Duncan Steinmetz (April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016), known as Lois Duncan, was an American writer, novelist, poet, and journalist. She is best known for her young-adult novels, and has been credited by historians as a pioneering figure in the development of young-adult fiction, particularly in the genres of horror, thriller, and suspense.

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