Game of Danger
Novel by Lois Duncan
- Thriller
- young adult
Game of Danger is a 1962 thriller novel by Lois Duncan.[1][2]
Plot
Teenager Annie and her young brother Rob receive a phone call from their mother instructing them to leave their home in the middle of the night with an important letter. The two arrive at the bus terminal at 2 AM and leave for the home of a family friend at their mother's urging; meanwhile, newspaper headlines regarding Annie and Rob's father and his alleged communist ties begin to circulate. The children's embarking leads them on an odyssey to uncover the truth.
Reception
A review published by Kirkus Reviews noted that: "The pieces of the puzzle take awhile to together, but the is well worth the reader's time... This is melodrama that involves the reader all the way through."[3]
References
- ^ "Lois Duncan". The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College (ric.edu). February 9, 2006. Archived from the original on May 7, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Writers Directory. Springer. 1983. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-349-03650-9.
- ^ "Game of Danger by Lois Duncan". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
External links
- Game of Danger at Fantastic Fiction
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Lois Duncan
- Love Song for Joyce (1958)
- Debutante Hill (1958)
- A Promise for Joyce (1959)
- The Middle Sister (1960)
- Game of Danger (1962)
- Season of the Two-Heart (1965)
- Point of Violence (1966)
- Ransom (1966)
- They Never Came Home (1968)
- Major Andre, Brave Enemy (1968)
- Peggy (1970)
- Hotel for Dogs (1971)
- A Gift of Magic (1971)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973)
- When the Bough Breaks (1973)
- Down a Dark Hall (1974)
- Summer of Fear (1976)
- Killing Mr. Griffin (1978)
- Daughters of Eve (1979)
- Stranger with My Face (1981)
- The Third Eye (1984)
- Locked in Time (1985)
- The Twisted Window (1987)
- Don't Look Behind You (1989)
- Gallows Hill (1997)
- News for Dogs (2009)
- Movie for Dogs (2010)
- The Littlest One in the Family (1959)
- Silly Mother (1962)
- Giving Away Suzanne (1962)
- The Terrible Tales of Happy Days School (1983)
- Horses of Dreamland (1985)
- Wonder Kid Meets the Evil Lunch Snatcher
- The Birthday Moon (1989)
- The Circus Comes Home (1993)
- The Magic of Spider Woman (1996)
- The Longest Hair in the World (1999)
- I Walk at Night (2000)
- Song of the Circus (2002)
- How to Write and Sell Your Personal Experiences (1979)
- Chapters: My Growth as a Writer (1982)
- Who Killed My Daughter? (1992)
- Psychic Connections (1995)
- One to the Wolves (2013)
- From Spring to Spring (1983)
- Seasons of the Heart (2007)
- Summer of Fear (1978)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
- Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
- I've Been Waiting for You (1998)
- Don't Look Behind You (1999)
- Held for Ransom (2000)
- Hotel for Dogs (2009)
- Stranger with My Face (2009)
- Down a Dark Hall (2018)
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