Locked In Time Background By Lois Duncan Author

Locked In Time Background By Lois Duncan

Author Study Lois Duncan • Grew up in Sarasota, Florida • Submitted her first story to a magazine at age 10 • Made her first sale at age 13 • Wrote regularly for Seventeen while she was in high school • Taught journalism at the University of New Mexico • Author of 48 books from picture books to young adult novels • Best known for her young adult suspense novels • Learn more at: http: //loisduncan. arquettes. com/index. htm

Other books written by Duncan • • I Know What You Did Last Summer They Never Came Home Daughters of Eve A Gift of Magic The Twisted Window Ransom Don’t Look Behind You Down A Dark Hall

Main Characters • Eleanor “Nore” Robbins: narrator of the story, 17, used to live in Guilderland, NY with her mother & father until her mother passed, went to boarding school • Lisette Berge Robbins: married to Chuck, step-mom to Nore, very beautiful, owns house in Louisiana called Shadow Grove • Chuck Robbins: Nore’s father, a writer recently remarried to Lisette (6 months after his wife’s death) • Gabriel “Gabe” Berge: Lisette’s son, 17, very handsome, likes Nore • Josie Berge: Lisette’s daughter, 12, awkward

Setting • Louisiana • Shadow Grove • Present day

Summary Nore Robbins 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 new stepmother, Lisette, Nore is shocked by her youth and beauty. Nore’s new stepbrother and stepsister seem friendly enough, until it becomes obvious they’re hiding something. When she starts digging into her stepfamily’s past, she finds that the skeletons in their closet are more real than she ever imagined possible.