
Most blatantly in Gallows Hill, in which Sarah tries to report the harassment she faces at school, but her mother is too wrapped up with her boyfriend to care and the school staff does not take her seriously or sees her as the instigator.
Adults Are Useless: In several of her books. Other works by Lois Duncan contain examples of: Works by Lois Duncan with their own trope pages include: Summer of Fear: The Live-Action Adaptation is also known as Stranger in Our House, and stars Linda Blair. I Know What You Did Last Summer (film adaptation: I Know What You Did Last Summer). Hotel for Dogs (film adaptation: Hotel for Dogs). Down A Dark Hall (film adaptation: Down a Dark Hall). Having been a writer since The '50s, her style has changed much over the years, with some of her earlier books possibly being even a little bit sexist in tone.
Griffin, Summer of Fear and Stranger with My Face, have been adapted to film or television, with I Know What You Did Last Summer probably being the best known. Several of her novels, Hotel for Dogs, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Killing Mr.
Lois Duncan Steinmetz (Ap– June 15, 2016) was a prolific young adult writer, well known for her suspense novels.