Role-playing takes on a terrifying cast when 17-year-old Sarah, who is posing as a fortune-teller for a school fair, begins to see actual visions that can predict the future. Frightened, the other students brand her a witch, setting off a chain of events that mirror the centuries-old Salem witch trials in more ways than one.
Reviewers praise Lois Duncan:
For Gallows Hill:
"Duncan delights in building suspense brick by brick until she has a whole creepy wall to collapse at the climax."
--Publishers Weekly
"Entertaining and enlightening, this is a book that should have wide appeal."
--VOYA
"...An exciting, suspenseful tale that will certainly be welcomed by Duncan's many fans."
--School Library Journal
For The Twisted Window:
"Duncan is a true pro, grounding the twists of her plot lines with sure motivation and providing the reader with several surprises along the way."
--Kirkus Reviews
For Locked in Time:
"Duncan's new thriller is impeccably structured, convincing and harrowing...In the denouement, Duncan proves again her talent for outguessing even veteran mystery buffs."
--Publishers Weekly
For Stranger With My Face:
"The best of the sinister and supernatural is Lois Duncan's Stranger With My Face...Spine-chilling from top to bottom."
--The New York Times
From the Hardcover edition.
WINNER 2000 - Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
WINNER 1998 - ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers
WINNER 1998 - Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
WINNER 2000 - Nevada Young Readers Master List
WINNER 1998 - ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers
NOMINEE 2000 - Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
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