![]() ![]() ![]() Which, I guess, given the fact that FitA was published three years later, isn't all that surprising. The first few and last few pages are set in the misty future, where Rachel says things like: "For too long now I've dwelt upon the past." The tone of those sections reminded me very much of Flowers in the Attic, actually. The majority of the book - the Summer of Fear itself - is a flashback. It holds up in some respects, not so much in others. I hadn't read this one since I was in middle school. ![]() This being a Lois Duncan book, that's 'evil' with a capital 'E' and an additional pile of lowercase 'e's: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil. 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. 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. 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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