Locked in Time

Locked in Time

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author = Lois Duncan
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Young adult Suspense novel
publisher = Little Brown
pub_date = April 1985
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 210 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-0316195553
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"Locked in Time" is a novel by Lois Duncan, first published in 1985. This book is categorized as a suspense novel for "young adults" (teenagers). The story centers around a seventeen-year old girl cite web | url = http://www.lpm.uni-sb.de/englisch/Materialien/Hesse/reviews/lockedtimerev.html | work = "Englisch am LPM" | title = Lock in Time" | language=de | accessdate = 2007-03-15] who attends a boarding school and whose mother recently passed away. The story is written solely from the protagonist's point-of-view cite web | url = http://www.buildingrainbows.com/bookreview/reviewid/670 | title = Locked in Time | author = Jr. J | work = Building Rainbows | accessdate = 2007-03-16 ] and takes place in modern-day and primarily at her stepmother's Confederate-era plantation.

Plot summary

Nore’s new stepmother(Lisette), stepbrother(Gabriel) and stepsister(Josie) have a shocking secret and they’re willing to do anything to protect it. Even commit murder on Nore and her father Chuck.

Major themes

The story's teen-aged protagonist, Nore, must deal with her mother's death, her father's re-marriage, and the new stepmother, stepbrother, and stepsister. Nore's dreams include warnings from her deceased mother. Characters in the novel must deal with the concepts of aging, death, eternal youth and everlasting life.cite web | url = http://loisduncan.arquettes.com/teachernew.htm | title = Teacher Guides | work = Author's site | accessdate=2007-03-16]

Literary significance and reception

Reviewers consistently label the novel as fast-moving, compulsive, and hard to put down. fact|date=October 2007

Awards and nominations

* ALA "Quick Pick"
* Jr. Literary Guild, 1985
* IRA-CBC "Children's Choice"
* Nevada Young Readers Award, 1988
* South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, 1988
* Tennessee Young Readers Award, 1989-90

Footnotes

External links

* [http://loisduncan.arquettes.com Author's web site]
* [http://loisduncan.arquettes.com/Awards2.htm Book Awards]
* [http://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/larow/novels97/LockedinTime.html Reader summary]
* [http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/library/services/book-promos/teenprom/locked.htm Overview]
* [http://www.lpm.uni-sb.de/englisch/Materialien/Hesse/reviews/lockedtimerev.html Summary, Review, Analysis]


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