Lois Duncan è stata una maestra del brivido per giovani lettori, rinomata per i suoi avvincenti thriller che esploravano frequentemente il crimine e il mistero. Le sue opere, spesso create per un pubblico più giovane, si addentravano senza timore in temi più oscuri, tessendo trame intricate che tenevano i lettori con il fiato sospeso. Duncan possedeva una notevole abilità nel creare atmosfera, utilizzando uno stile preciso per generare un senso di inquietudine e suspense. Le sue narrazioni sono caratterizzate da misteri avvincenti e dal suo approccio distintivo nel creare tensione in storie accessibili.
Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth and is determined to get even. The horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror-or is he out for revenge?
When 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, find themselves in a foster home with a strict "no pets" policy, the siblings have to find a new home for their dog, Friday. The kids stumble into an abandoned hotel and begin transforming it into something truly magical: a home for their dog, as well as all the stray dogs in the neighbourhood! But the hotel soon arouses the suspicions of the police who want to know - who let the dogs in? Based on Lois Duncan's 1971 children's book, Hotel For Dogs, this live-action movie stars Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, and Don Cheadle in a comedic adventure that shows how far love and imagination can take you.
Nore Roberts didn't ask for a new life, but now that her mom is gone and her dad is newly married, she has to settle in at Shadow Grove, the old Civil War mansion her stepfamily calls home. When she meets her stepmother, Lisette, Nore is shocked by her youth and beauty that gives her chills- and a hint of something sinister. There's hope of becoming friends with her stepbrother and sister, until Nore realizes they're hiding something. When she begins to feel like the target of a deadly plan, Nore starts digging into her stepfamily's past. The skeletons in their closet are more real than she ever imagined. Can Nore expose her stepmother's dark secret before an old and evil magic swallows her up?
Have you ever been haunted by the feeling that someone is spying on you, lurking around your house and yard, even entering your bedroom? Are your friends plotting against you when they say they've seen you do things you know you haven't done? What's going on -- and does Laurie really want to find out?
Soon after the arrival of cousin Julia, insidious occurrences begin that convince Rachel she is a witch and must be stopped before her total monstrous plan can be effected.
Kit Gordy and three other students at an exclusive boarding school for girls find themselves part of a terrifying experiment.
Named an ALA Quick Pick, an exciting thriller by the author of the best-seller I Know What You Did Last Summer features a seventeen-year-old girl who becomes a clairvoyant and is branded a witch, in a repeat of the Salem witch trials. Reprint. AB.
Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.
Sworn to secrecy. Bound by loyalty.It's the high school's most exclusive club--but now a twisted mind is leading it. Who will be the first victim?The girls at Modesta High School feel like they're stuck in some anti-feminist time warp-they're faced with sexism at every turn, and they've had enough. Sponsored by their new art teacher, Ms. Stark, they band together to form the Daughters of Eve. It's more than a school club-it's a secret society, a sisterhood. At first, it seems like they are actually changing the way guys at school treat them. But Ms. Stark urges them to take more vindictive action, and it starts to feel more like revenge-brutal revenge. Blinded by their oath of loyalty, the Daughters of Eve become instruments of vengeance. Can one of them break the spell before real tragedy strikes?
They only meant to scare him. Mr. Griffin is the strictest teacher at Del Norte High, with a penchant for endless projects and humiliating his students. Even straight-A student Susan can't believe how mean he is to the charismatic Mark Kinney. So when her crush asks Susan to help a group of students teach a lesson of their own, she goes along. After all, it's a harmless prank, right? But things don't go according to plan. When one "accident" leads to another, people begin to die. Susan and her friends must face the awful truth: one of them is a killer. Leave the lights on when reading this classic thriller! This new edition features modernized text and a new introduction by Lois Duncan, the master of teen horror.
Joan’s boyfriend and her brother are missing and assumed dead. Until the voice on the other end of the phone hints at something more terrible.
Tracy, a high school junior, becomes embroiled in the problems of a strange boy, who asks her assistance in "snatching" his half-sister from her father who has allegedly kidnapped her. Reissue.
Presents the screenplay for the sequel to the popular horror film "I Know What You Did Last Summer," in which Julie, the survivor of the previous film, and her new friends face danger while on vacation in the Caribbean
Extensive reading improves fluency and there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary, motivating material that will instantly appeal to students. Hotel for Dogs is based on the 2008 movie of the same name which tells the story of a brother and sister who transform an abandoned building into a 'hotel' for stray dogs.
Andi a jej brat Bruce sa museli rozlúčiť so svojím hotelom pre psov, no Andi má nový projekt – noviny pre psov. Noviny Hav-hav s článkami určenými pre psov vyvolajú v mestečku Elmwood senzáciu a nájdu si nadšených čitateľov. Keď deti dajú noviny aj na internet, začnú ľuďom ich štvornohí priatelia miznúť. Deti sa s prosbou o pomoc obrátia na tetu Alicu, lebo vedia, že má detektívne schopnosti. Spoločne vymyslia plán, ako prísť zlodejom na stopu. Podarí sa im nájsť psíkov a odhaliť prefíkaných únoscov?
Rodina Walkerovcov sa sťahuje na druhý koniec krajiny, kde ich dočasne prichýli v dome teta Alica. Jedenásťročná Andi si nesmie vziať svojho jazvečíka Bebe, lebo teta je alergická na psie chlpy. Dievčatko smúti za psíkom a jej jedinou útechou je písanie básničiek - do nich vkladá všetok svoj žiaľ. Onedlho však tajne prichýli zatúlanú sučku a tá ešte v ten istý deň privedie na svet tri šteniatka. Andi s bratom Bruceom vedia, že psiu rodinku nemôžu dlho skrývať pred rodičmi a tetou a hľadajú pre ňu nové útočisko. Bruce objaví neobývaný dom s povybíjanými oknami, ako stvorený na psí hotel. Čoskoro doň pribudnú ďalší opustení psi a aj s tými treba chodiť na prechádzky a treba ich kŕmiť. Rodičom začína byť podozrivé, prečo Andi zrazu tak zavčasu vstáva a prečo jednotkár Bruce nachytal zlé známky. Podarí sa deťom utajiť „hotel“ pred dospelými a zachrániť svojich štvornohých priateľov?
Prichádza najnovšie pokračovanie výbornej knihy Hotel pre psov. Keď sa Andyho brat Bruce rozhodne zúčastniť filmovej súťaže o najlepší psí film, Andy neváha a hneď sa stáva scenáristom projektu. Ani jeden z nich však nečakal čo sa stane... filmovým producentom sa tak zapáči ich film, že dostanú pozvánku do Hollywoodu. Dokáže ich menší filmový projekt preraziť v meke filmového priemyslu?
V příběhu navazujícím na Hotel pro psy a se znovu setkáváme s neústupnou Andi, která se docela jistě jednoho dne stane spisovatelkou, jejím bratrem, mudrlantským Brucem, a samozřejmě i se všemi jejich lidskými i zvířecími kamarády. Hotel pro psy museli zavřít, a tak se rozhodli, že budou vydávat psí zpravodaj. Vzbudí tím velkou senzaci, ale když publikují noviny na internetu, začnou se dít děsivé věci. V okolí začne řádit únosce psů a zmizí několik milovaných psích mazlíčků, dokonce i jeden jejich!
Autobiografický příběh, ve kterém autorka popisuje hledání vraha své dcery.
Andi en Bruce beginnen samen met twee vrienden een hondenhotel. Niemand mag ervan weten! Als er wel heel veel honden in het hotel komen, is het moeilijk om aan eten te komen. Vanaf ca. 8 jaar.
