- Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library (Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440918057
- ISBN-13: 978-0440918059
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.9 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Why does the exclusive boarding school Blackwood have only four students?
Kit walks the dark halls and feels a penetrating chill. What tterror waits around the next corner?
Kit walks the dark halls and feels a penetrating chill. What tterror waits around the next corner?
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Format:Paperback
Down a dark hall is about a girl called Kit who gets sent to boarding schoool called Blackwood while her mum and her new step-father go on honeymoon. When she gets there the first word that enters her mind is evil, but she can't explain it. Kit is also very surprised to find out that there are only 3 other girls getting taught at Blackwood. She realises that something is up when Linda starts to paint amazing pictures, apparantly a new-found gift. Then Sandy, another boarder starts to write brilliant poetry and claims to meet starngers in her bedroom during the night. Kit soon finds out what is happening to them, but there is very little she can do about it. There is no way of getting out of Blackwood now she's there and trapped. As alwas there is a happy ending. I would recommend people 12-17 years old to read this book. It is and exciting thrilling book, and is guaranteed to keep you reading non-stop.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read this book years ago, before i went to boarding school. Then my mum read it, and she go so scared she didn't want to let me go! Eerie, but fun supernatural tale.
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
I'm 22, and it scares me like I'm still 12.
12 Sep 1997
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Here's the deal: I read a spooky book when I was twelve. I couldn't remember the title or the author; all I knew is that the memory of long, dark hallways, doors locked from the inside and four lonely girls trapped in an institution haunted my nightmares for ten years. My concrete memories consisted of the thread of a plot: Four young girls, gifted with ESP, are brought to a private school so the headmasters can channel dead artists through their minds and sell the art as originals.
About a month ago, I mentioned the elusive book to a friend, who immediately named the title and the author, admitting his fear, as well. Pretending to buy for a younger sister who doesn't exist, I bought the book again -- with a new cover no longer featuring the young heroine with a candle -- and was overcome once more by Lois Duncan's ability to surround the simple narrative with swirling mists, dark corners and flickering candlelight.
DOWN A DARK HALL introduced me to the glorious world of wondering what's behind the door, a passion that extended into Stephen King, Clive Barker and even dark comic books. But even the "adult" writers can't capture atmosphere the way Duncan can. Like King's Carrie, Duncan illustrates the pain and chaos of adolescent girlhood, and the impossibility of escaping a world that doesn't understand. The difference is that your little sister can read Duncan while she's still young enough to feel the character's confusion... and the impact is strong enough to last a decade.
54 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful
23 Mar 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I remember years ago when I first picked up this book I really didn't expect much from it. I must say I was blown away with because it had elements that I loved. Ever since I read this book, I've been a Lois Duncan fan. The book is about a a fourteen-year old girl named Kit going to a special boarding school named Blackwood while her mother and her new stepfather take a long Honeymoon. But Kit soon finds out some thing strange: they are only four girls in the boarding school. What follows is a supernatural mystery. Kit and her new friend Sandy soon find out the reasons why they were selected to attend Blackwood. Soon their lives are at stake and it's up to Kit to find a way out.
Great read. I highly recommend it.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
THis book is hard to put down!
24 April 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Have you ever read a book and you were on the edge of your seat the whole time? Down a Dark Hall, by Lois Duncan is a suspenseful and engrossing book.
A fourteen year old girl named Kit Gordy is sent away to an all girls' school called Blackwood. Madame Duret is the head of the school and the other teachers are her son Jules and Professor Farley. Kit and the other girls that applied had to take a "special test" that determined if they had "special powers" in order to be accepted. Kit has a bad feeling about the place from the minute she arrives. She then realizes there are only three other girls that will be attending the school Sandy, Ruth, and Linda. A few months after they arrive, famous dead people started taking over their bodies. The famous piano player Franz Schubert took over Kit, the poet Emily Bronte took over Linda, and the two other girls were taken over by more than one person. Do they escape the dangerous Blackwood school?
I never wanted to put this book down. It had a plot that was twisted and the details through out the book were incredible. It is the kind of book that makes a person scared to walk through his own house after he reads it. Lois Duncan made it feel like I was actually there, in the story. I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read suspenseful books.
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