Duncan: 1764 books

A honeymoon gone bad… The newlyweds, Bill and Caroline Jones are on the perfect honeymoon. Their cottage is in a secluded and romantic spot, far away from the hustle and bustle, that ensures they are not disturbed. But it also ensures that no one can hear gunshots… Revenge is truly the only answer.

There is one day every year when the good people of Insch, near Stranraer, keep well away from their Kirk. It is the home of the ensign of HMS Rodney, and strange things happen on the anniversary of the sinking of the Bismark.Tourist Charles Toogood knew nothing of this when he paid a nostalgic visit...

A drowned girl. A missing cult. A ghost town submerged beneath a manmade lake. Thirty years ago, the town of Peace Falls was flooded to build a hydroelectric dam. To this day, its ruins remain below the surface of Chapel Lake--including the church, miraculously undamaged after all these years,...

HOW HARD WOULD YOU FIGHT FOR THE ONE YOU LOVE? After a prolonged illness, Frank and Linda's marriage has begun to fray at the edges. When old friends tell them about an unconventional couples therapy retreat called The Method, they jump at the chance to attend. One last attempt to stay true...

"The world don't favor heroes." School bus driver Mr. McAllister plays it straight, but when one of his kids gets in trouble with a bully by standing up for the bus chaperon, he takes matters into his own hands, devising a plan to rid the students of the worst kid in school for good. This NOVELETTE is included in the collection Video Nasties.

An instant New York Times bestseller! “Prepare for a snow-frosted, blood-drenched fairy tale where the monsters steal your heart and love ends up being the nightmare.” - Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Wolves and The Star-Touched Queen A girl who...

Is any shot at living, worth dying for? They thought they’d be safe, but a world ruled by chaos doesn’t die easily. When Max turned on the radio transmissions assuring safety, they came. But, it wasn’t just survivors of the demon apocalypse that crawled their way into the abandoned...

They only meant to scare him. Mr. Griffin is the strictest teacher at Del Norte High, with a penchant for endless projects and humiliating his students. Even straight-A student Susan can't believe how mean he is to the charismatic Mark Kinney. So when her crush asks Susan to help a group of...

Seventeen-year-old Sarah doesn’t believe in magic, but she thinks it’s fun to pretend to be a psychic—until her startling visions of the future turn deadly When Sarah Zoltanne moves from sunny California to a small town in Missouri, she feels like she’ll never fit in. Her mother is...

Ava, a teenage girl living aboard the male-dominated deep space merchant ship Parastrata, faces betrayal, banishment, and death. Taking her fate into her own hands, she flees to the Gyre, a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean, in this thrilling, surprising, and thought-provoking...

The new guy at Tracy’s school is handsome, intense, and desperately needs her help—but there’s something about him that isn’t quite right High school junior Tracy Lloyd is unsure about the new guy in school. Brad Johnson is attractive, smart, and polite, but Tracy can’t help but feel...

Dan and Larry’s hiking trip ends in a missing persons search. Can Joan find her brother before it’s too late? When high school buddies Larry Drayfus and Dan Cotwell take a backpacking trip into the Mogollon Mountains, nobody is concerned when they don’t come home exactly on time. Dan...

From beloved author Lois Duncan comes the sequel to HOTEL FOR DOGS -- a brand-new adventure with Andi, her brother Bruce, and their canine companions! Now that Andi is no longer running a hotel for dogs, she decides to start a new project -- a newspaper for dogs! With her brother Bruce and a few friends,...

Duncan and Conner demonstrate how collaborative research on early childhood education results in gains for educators, researchers, and children alike. Drawing on examples of successful partnerships from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they set out the successes, struggles, insights, and opportunities that come from such partnerships.