Gallows Hill (novel)
Delacorte Books for Young Readers | |
Publication date | May 1, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 227 |
Gallows Hill is a 1997 supernatural thriller novel for young adults by Lois Duncan. It was her first and only young adult novel written after the death of her daughter. It was written eight years after her previous young adult novel, Don't Look Behind You. It is about a girl who moves to a small town with a secret.
Plot
Sarah Zoltanne is an extraordinary girl. Her widowed mother, Rosemary, decides to move to Pinecrest because of Ted Thompson. When Sarah starts school as the new pupil, she makes no friends. Role-playing takes on a terrifying cast when 17-year-old Sarah, who is posing as a fortune-teller for a school fair, begins to see actual visions that can predict the future. Frightened, the other students brand her a witch, setting off a chain of events that mirror the centuries-old Salem witch trials in more ways than one.
Reception
Gallows Hill has received several honors and awards. In 1997, Gallows Hill was designated a Junior Library Guild Selection.[1] A year later, the novel was listed as an American Library Association (ALA) Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers,[2] and the New York Public Library listed it as a Book for the Teen Age.[1] In 2000, Gallows Hill won the Nevada Young Readers' Award in the Young Adult category.[3] One year later, it was given the 2000–2001 Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award for Young Adults.[4]
Film adaptation
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See also
- Salem Witch Trials
- Gallows Hill (disambiguation)
- Witchcraft
References
- ^ a b c "BOOKS AND AWARDS". Loisduncan.arquettes.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers". Young Adult Library Services Association. September 29, 2006. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- ^ "Nevada Young Readers' Award Past Winners". Nevada Library Association. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "History of the Volunteer State Book Award" (PDF). Tennessee Association of Book Librarians. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
Further reading
- "Gallows Hill". Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 43 (3): 259. November 1999. ISSN 1081-3004.
- "GALLOWS HILL". Kirkus Reviews. May 20, 2010. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- "Gallows Hill". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- Cooper, Ilene (April 15, 1997). "Gallows Hill". ISSN 0006-7385– via Academic OneFile.
- Hofmann, Mary (May 1997). "Reviews: Fiction". Book Report. 16 (1): 31. ISSN 0731-4388.
- Mitchell, Diana (1998). "Clip and File Reviews of New Fantasy Hardbacks". The ALAN Review. 25 (3). Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
- Shook, Bruce Anne (May 1997). "Gallows Hill". ISSN 0362-8930.