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 Duncan, Lois
Rude Awakening. Her book, 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' got a movie made for it. It was a box-office hit!
| In her book, 'A Gift of Magic', who had the gift of magic? | Lois Duncan
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Nancy. Nancy had the gift of magic, Kirby had the gift of dance, Brendon had the gift of music, and Lois had the gift of storytelling.
Newberry Medal. I'm afraid she has not won a Newberry Medal yet.
| In Lois' book, 'The Third Eye', who has the special gift of seeing visions? | Lois Duncan
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Karen. Karen closes her eyes and can see special visions.
| Throughout her high school years, which teen magazine did Lois write for? | Lois Duncan
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Seventeen . At 13, Lois sells her story 'Calling all Girls' to Seventeen magazine.
| What was her book, 'Ransom', originally titled? | Lois Duncan
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Five Were Missing. When 'Ransom' had its initial paperback release, it was titled 'Five Were Missing'. It is the runner-up for the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
| In her book, 'Stranger With My Face', how old is Laurie Stratton? | Lois Duncan
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17. Laurie has an evil twin that tries to take over her life.
| In her book 'Gallows Hill', what can Sarah see in an ordinary glass paperweight? | Lois Duncan
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people's secrets. This book was nominated for the Navada Young Readers Award.
Debutante Hill. It was a romance book. Lois got someone to publish it at the age of twenty.
It blows away.. Before he gets to school, David Ruggles's homework blows out of his notebook. Susan tries to catch it but she catches only a dirty, torn piece.
He had a basketball game.. Jeff tells Mr. Griffin that he didn't finish his homework because he had a basketball game that he couldn't miss.
Jeff. Jeff thinks that it's unfair because he can't get his English credit, due to Mr. Griffin's grading. He tells the others that he'd like to kill Mr. Griffin.
They kidnapped her.. Betsy says that the seniors kidnapped Dolly Luna, and took her to a breakfast restaurant in her pyjamas.
green Jell-O. Irma Ruggles always likes for David to make her green Jell-O after he comes home from school. David puts sleeping medicine in her green Jell-O so he can leave to meet the others for the kidnapping.
a hillside clearing by a waterfall. After they tied up Mr. Griffin, they took him to a secluded area on a hill. He refused to beg to be released, so they left him on the hill.
Mr. Griffin is dead.. Susan tells David that they can't leave Mr. Griffin up on the hill overnight. They go up to the hill, and are shocked to find him dead.
He has a heart condition.. She goes to the police after Mr. Griffin hasn't come home. She tells the detective that the only health problem her husband has is a heart condition which can be controlled if he takes his medicine.
3. Mark may face three trials, one for his part in Mr. Griffin's death, another for possibly killing David's grandmother, and another for trying to kill Susan.
A family disappeared in the mountains.. Before the main story, Rachel tells about an article she read in the paper. It featured a family of three and a friend who had all disappeared while on vacation in the San Andres Mountains.
Her parents died.. Rachel's Aunt Marge and Uncle Ryan were killed in a car accident. Since Marge had no other sisters, her daughter Julia is sent to live with Rachel's family.
dogs. Rachel introduces Julia to her dog Trickle. Julia tells Rachel to keep her dog out of her way.
Rachel's dog bites her.. Rachel, Julia, and Carolyn went shopping for summer clothes in town that morning. When they arrive home, Julia shouts abnormally whilst going up the path to Rachel's house. To Rachel's surprise, Trickle has bitten Julia.
She has hives.. Rachel wakes up that morning to find her face covered with a red, itchy rash. Julia borrows Rachel's dress, and dances with Mike that night.
matches. Rachel begins to get suspicious about Julia when she finds burned matches in the base of the bedroom lamp.
a melted wax figure. After finding the matches, Rachel thinks that Julia smokes. She looks in the bureau drawer for cigarettes, but she finds a melted wax figure, with an animal's head, and white hairs stuck in it.
He had a stroke.. Bobby goes to the professor's house, and is shocked to find him lying on the floor behind the door. He is taken to the hospital, and it is discovered that he had a stroke.
She is not really Julia.. Rachel finds out that she is not Julia at all. She is Sarah Blain, the house maid for Julia's family. Julia was killed in the car accident along with her parents. Sarah practiced witchcraft, and she made the family's car run off the road.
She runs away.. After she is revealed as not being Julia, Sarah runs away. Rachel believes that Sarah has moved in with another unsuspecting family.
Barry. In the movie it was Ray who was driving.
Davy Gregg. In the movie the name of the person they thought they had hit was David Egan.
Rivers. In the movie her last name was Shivers.
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