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| Title | : | Gallows Hill |
| Author | : | Lois Duncan |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | September 8th 1998 by Laurel Leaf (first published April 7th 1997) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Horror. Fiction. Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal |
Lois Duncan
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.76 | 2768 Users | 209 Reviews
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"In that instant of dislocation, as she fought to maintain her equilibrium and keep from tumbling headfirst into the pit of darkness, a voice seemed to shout directly into her right ear". "Guilty as charged" it bellowed. "Away to Gallows Hill". Gallows Hill by Lois Duncan This is sure different then most of Duncan's books. This is a seriously creepy little read that combines both historical and contemporary fiction. Sara has just settled in to a sleepy town in Missouri with her family. It doesn't take her long to discover the town isn't quite what she thought it was. It is a very conservative very close knit town and Sarah is regarded with suspicion that quickly turns to hostility and then to paranoia and outright hysteria. This book is intersperced with the past and the Salem Witch Trials. Although this story is fiction, what happened in Salem is not and Duncan really does well in switching from past to present. I enjoyed this story. It isn't in the same league as a "Daughters of Eve" but it is well written and compelling..as well as genuinely creepy.List Books To Gallows Hill
| Original Title: | Gallows Hill (Laurel-Leaf Books) |
| ISBN: | 0440227259 (ISBN13: 9780440227250) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Missouri(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Tennessee Young Readers Award |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 2768 Users | 209 ReviewsWeigh Up Epithetical Books Gallows Hill
Entertainingly spooky witch read for October. Kept my attention and I got through it quickly. The ending was ok, but a little cheesy. Liked the idea of the reincarnation of the Salem Witch trials, but I had hoped that Sarah would have been a little more proactive in the end. I was really hoping Sarah and Kyra would work together to break up their parents. Tom (and the whole town, really) was the absolute worst.I probably read this [insert two-digit] years ago while in my teens. I've always been a Duncan fan. Rereading this reminded me why. It was very much geared toward teens and written at the correct level.The heroine is strong as is Charlie. The adults are weak, typical for teen novels across the board :)Excellent beginning conflict - Mom's new boyfriend, moving from beach to midwest, and no friends.It gets better, though when the parallels between the past (Salem Witch Trials) and present
This story starts with an unusual paperweight that an old woman bought at a shop. She looked into it and when she died she had all of her affairs in order. Now it falls into the hands of her granddaughter, Sarah. Sarah saw a reflection of a yellow dress in her mothers mirror before she bought it. She saw Charlie fall down the stairs before it happend. Is Sarah a witch? Or is she just losing her mind?This book compliments the extreme suspense and style that Lois Duncan posseses. The story is
This is one of the Lois Duncan books that I somehow missed and believe me, I am kicking myself for this. This is one of her most fun books and I was also completely tense the whole time reading it. (It doesn't help that the creepy town that Sarah and her mom moved to is basically one of those places where you know everyone knows something that you don't, and where any sort of mistake could have dire consequences.)While reading it, I was expecting Sarah to be ostracized (the town and school are
I don't remember where or why I picked this book up but I read it for our Horror genre for the month of October in our book club. It is a short read but very well done. It was a page turner that had me wanting to read until it was done. Sarah and her mother, Rosemary, move from California to the small town of Pine Crest because Rosemary has become involved with a married man she met at a conference. From the outside it looks like Rosemary has fallen in love with Ted but after digging deeper and
I love Lois Duncan (R.I.P.) Growing up, her YA suspense novels were always my favorite even though my peers were reading Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine (both too scary for me.) Written in 1997, this is a fictional story of a teenage girl who is the victim of gaslighting. It was over-the-top (most Lois Duncan books are) but also creepy as hell.
Great book, especially if you are into the Salem Witch Trials. Sarah and her mom move from Ventura, California to Pine Crest, a small town on the East Coast. But from the moment Sarah gets there something seems off. She makes only one true friend in the town: Charlie. After Sarah does some fortune-telling at the school carnival, a school kid named Eric asks her to do it on the down-low for money. But Sarah begins to see real things in the paperweight- things that her peers in Pine Crest do not
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