![]() ![]() Which, I guess, given the fact that FitA was published three years later, isn't all that surprising. The tone of those sections reminded me very much of Flowers in the Attic, actually. "For too long now I've dwelt upon the past." ![]() The majority of the book-the Summer of Fear itself-is a flashback. The first few and last few pages are set in the misty future, where Rachel says things like: ![]() I hadn't read this one since I was in middle school. It holds up in some respects, not so much in others. This being a Lois Duncan book, that's 'evil' with a capital 'E' and an additional pile of lowercase 'e's: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil. Until the accident. Her aunt and uncle die, and suddenly, a grieving cousin from the other side of the United States-a girl Rachel hasn't ever even met-is moving in. For good. Into Rachel's room.Īt first, Rachel is determined to make the best of it-to welcome Julia into the family, to console her, to become her almost-sister.īut there's something not right about Julia. Something. Things are good for Rachel Bryant. She's almost sixteen, she's dating her shaggily handsome next-door neighbor, she and her best friend are tight as tight can be-and it's lovely, lovely summertime. ![]()
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