Lois Duncan Summary

Critical Essay by Zena Sutherland [In They Never Came Home the] doubts about Larry's character are skilfully developed, so that it comes as little surprise to the reader to find that he had ar... Read more

Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews John Andre was the British Army man who negotiated with Benedict Arnold at West Point, missed the boat to camp and was discovered a few miles from his own base in civ... Read more

Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews Titillation, exploitation, anything but history: [Peggy is] the cattiest first-person portrait of a vixen, Peggy Shippen, the girl who becomes Mrs. Benedict Arnold. T... Read more

Critical Essay by Peggy Sullivan [In A Gift of Magic each] of the three Garrett children has a distinctive personality and talent. The older sister, Kirby, is determined to be a dancer, and little br... Read more

Critical Essay by Ruth Hill Viguers [The Middle Sister is the] story of a girl's discovery that although she could not follow in the footsteps of her older sister, she was a person in her own ... Read more

Critical Essay by Gloria Levitas Two gothic novels. Lois Duncan's "Down A Dark Hall" … and David Severn's "The Girl in the Grove" … are on the ... Read more

Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews Long before she suspects orphaned cousin Julia of being a ringer, Rae [protagonist of Summer of Fear] is convinced that the new member of the family is a witch—... Read more

Critical Essay by Julia Whedon ["Summer of Fear"] is the story of a very square Southwestern community invaded by a sorceress in lithesome teen-age form. Julia is orphaned by sudden tra... Read more

Critical Essay by Richard Peck Contrary to certain opinion, the new wave of novels for adolescents hasn't explored every sensational topic after all; mainly because the adult author doesn�... Read more

Critical Essay by Best Sellers [Season of the Two-Heart] delicately handles racial prejudice and the lack of understanding of both the Indian and American cultures. The characters bring out the fact ... Read more

Critical Essay by The Booklist [In Daughters of Eve, Duncan] distorts feminist principles into weapons of vengeance. A bitter, disturbed teacher turns her malleable high school charges into a confuse... Read more

Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews In last year's Killing Mr. Griffin, a disturbed and evil high school student led four classmates in kidnapping and inadvertently killing a strict teacher. [In ... Read more

Critical Essay by Natalie Babbitt [Daughters of Eve] is a savage novel full of troubled, angry characters. At first it appears that the author has identified completely with Irene Stark, advisor to a... Read more

Critical Essay by Holly Sandhuber The element of the supernatural is so gradually and deftly introduced into [Stranger with My Face] that its presence seems natural and believable and, hence, more me... Read more

Critical Essay by Ann A. Flowers [In Duncan's Stranger with My Face, protagonist Laurie Stratton] eventually discovered that she was an adopted child, one of a pair of identical twins of an Am... Read more

Critical Essay by Terry Lawhead [Chapters: My Growth As a Writer] is an autobiography of Lois Duncan, and should be classified strictly as such; by no stretch of the imagination should it be regarded... Read more

Critical Essay by Leigh Dean Avid readers of Duncan's YA novels who are accustomed to unconventional characters, and situations steeped in danger, magic, and intrigue will be hard-pressed to r... Read more

Critical Essay by Ruth Hill Viguers Even though the adjustment of young people from various American Indian cultures to the white man's world is an old theme, the story of Martha Weekoty in he... Read more

Critical Essay by Zena Sutherland [Ransom is a] dramatic story of a kidnapping, suspenseful despite the fact that the number of characters, character sketches, and sub-plots crowds the background; th... Read more

Critical Essay by Peggy Sullivan Effective characterizations, dialogue, and transitions from one set of characters to another can't redeem [They Never Came Home, a] melodrama in which a corksc... Read more