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    Down a Dark Hall

    Written by Lois Duncan

    Narrated by Emma Galvin

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    About this audiobook

    Kit Gordy sees Blackwood Hall towering over black iron gates, and she can't help thinking, This place is evil. The imposing mansion sends a shiver of fear through her. But Kit settles into a routine, trying to ignore the rumors that the highly exclusive boarding school is haunted. Then her classmates begin to show extraordinary and unknown talents. The strange dreams, the voices, the lost letters to family and friends, all become overshadowed by the magic around them.

    When Kit and her friends realize that Blackwood isn't what it claims to be, it might be too late.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateApr 19, 2011
    ISBN9781609417994
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    Down a Dark Hall
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    Lois Duncan

    Lois Duncan (1934–2016) was an author of more than fifty books for young adults. Her stories of mystery and suspense have won dozens of awards and many have been named Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. Among the many honors and accolades she has received for her work, in 2015, Lois Duncan was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.  Duncan was born Lois Duncan Steinmetz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; she grew up in Sarasota, Florida. By age ten she was submitting her work to magazines, and she had her first story published nationally when she was just thirteen. In 1994, Duncan released a nonfiction title, Who Killed My Daughter?, after her youngest child was killed in a crime that was never solved.

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    • 3/5
      cheesy and bizarre. I found this book to be trippy when I was 11 or so.
    • 5/5
      Kit has mixed feelings about going away to boarding school while her mother and stepfather honeymoon in Europe. There is something strange about the school, despite its splendor. And while her best friend, Tracy, wasn't admitted, she looks forward to meeting other girls to share the Blackwood experience with. When it turns out that only four girls have been admitted, and the Blackwood staff becomes just as scarce, as well as secretive, Kit's suspicions grow. Each of the girls begins showing unknown talents, but the art that they are producing is not their own. Kit and the others need to figure out what is happening at Blackwood... and how to escape. AR level: 5.3 UGLexile: 750Recommended for: teens
    • 4/5
      Another supremely creepy YA thriller from my childhood. This time, an evil boarding school is possessing its pupils with the ghosts of geniuses past to produce hidden masterpieces. Duncan is in fine form.
    • 5/5
      A sort of "scary", paranormal story. Duncan does suspense well and got the teenage girls' characters right. I go back and read this every few years. It loses a little tension with age (and expectation) but is still good.
    • 5/5
      This is one of my all-time favorites. This author is amazing.
    • 4/5
      I was in fourth grade when this book made its debut. A classmate read the book, and the rest of us checked it out as soon as the previous person returned it. This book, along with Phyllis Whitney's Window on the Square led to my reading lots of gothic romance and romantic suspense novels as a middle schooler. I noticed its availability as a Kindle e-book a couple months ago and decided I wanted to re-read it. Kit's mother and step-father enroll her in Blackwood Hall, a very selective boarding school with only four students. When Kit arrives, she feels the presence of evil. Each character shows talent previously unknown. Unable to communicate with the outside world, the girls must stick together to fight the forces of evil. As I began reading it, I realized the Kindle version was an updated version because the girls talked about e-mail and Internet and owned cell phones and laptops. At least one minor character's name was also updated. I still want to read the book's original version, but the overall story remained much the same. I think I remember one or two scenes from the 1974 version which were changed in the update, but I really need to read the original to make sure I'm remembering correctly. The ending seemed a little rushed when I read it this time, but the book still entertained.
    • 3/5
      A good, solid book for a preteen.
    • 4/5
      These are such great little thrillers. I swept through this in no time at all and liked every page. Ashley and Wendy, did you know that there's a Lois Duncan discussion group the includes Ms. Duncan among a pretty small number of members. I haven't looked closely yet but I joined. Next one is The Third Eye.
    • 5/5
      Going to Blackwood school means becoming something chilling.....