The Twisted Window
Novel by Lois Duncan
0-385-29566-9 (first edition)The Twisted Window is a 1987 suspense novel by Lois Duncan. It is about Tracy, a high school student who agrees to help someone find his missing stepsister, who he says was kidnapped by his stepfather.[1][2]
Reception
The Twisted Window was nominated for an Edgar Award for the Best Juvenile work in 1988.[3] The staff of the Books for Young Adults Program at the University of Iowa included the book in their 1988 Books for Young Adults list, which selects books based on their initial appeal and enjoyment to the grade 10–12 students surveyed.[4] Zena Sutherland, writing for the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, stated that the "plot and characterization have substance and nuance, and the author deftly builds tension and leads the reader to an expectation (amply fulfilled) of an ending that at first seems surprising--until the reader sees that Duncan has carefully led to its dramatic twist."[1] In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews felt that "though her writing is undistinguished, it never cheats or disappoints, allowing the reader to believe even this most melodramatic of stories."[5]
References
- ^ a b Sutherland, Zena (July–August 1987). "The Twisted Window" (PDF). Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 40 (11): 205. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "Twisted Window". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "Category List – Best Juvenile". Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ Conner, John W. (April 1989). "Books for the Teenage Reader: Iowa Books for Young Adults Poll". English Journal. 78 (4): 86–89. JSTOR 819350.
- ^ "The Twisted Window". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
External links
- Lois Duncan's website
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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)
