summeroffear

__Summer of Fear__, by Lois Duncan ISBN: 044098324X c1976 219 pages R.L.-6.6 Points-7

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 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Rachel is a perfectly normal teenager. She has a boyfriend, Mike, that she adores, who also just happens to be her next door neighbor, she has a best friend that she loves to hang out with and shop with, and she has her family, who at times, annoy her. This all changes when Julia, her cousin from the Ozarks, comes to live with Rachel’s family after a tragic car accident kills her mother and father. At first, Rachel is very patient with Julia. She befriends her, takes her shopping, invites her to go along with her and Mike to a movie, and even with her and Carolyn (her best friend) swimming. This all changes one evening when Rachel has to stay home from a school dance because she has hives. Julia ends up going to the dance with Mike, and from then on, the two are inseparable. Not only is Rachel devastated that Mike and her are no longer seeing each other, she is devastated that her own cousin would do such a thing. Julia doesn’t stop there...she starts hanging around Carolyn, and so much, that Rachel won’t go with them anywhere. When Rachel starts having suspicions about who Julia really is, her parents think she is crazy, and Julia helps the situation along by playing Mr. Nice Guy. Who is Julia really? What kinds of suspicions does Rachel have about her?
 * Summary:**

YA fiction--mystery; witchcraft

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS 2001