I Know What You Did Last Summer (Hardcover)

by Lois Duncan (Author) "The note was there, lying beside her plate when she came down to breakfast..." (more)
Key Phrases: Four Seasons, Barry Cox, Golden Girl (more...)

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"A taut, skillfully plotted and suspenseful thriller." --Publishers Weekly -- Review --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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"A taut, skillfully plotted and suspenseful thriller." --Publishers Weekly --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 199 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co (Juv); 1st edition (October 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316195464
• ISBN-13: 978-0316195461
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (254 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,160,887 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Read the Book., January 24, 2004

By	tvtv3 "tvtv3" (Sorento, IL United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: I Know What You Did Last Summer (Laurel-Leaf Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER is a story about a group of four high school students who are involved in a hit and run accident which ends up killing a young boy. Speeding down the road late at night after hours of partying, the group strikes a young boy on his bicycle. Instead of stopping to help, the group drives to the nearest phone and makes an anonymous phone call to the police to report the accident. The group makes a pact not to tell what happened. The event causes the breakdown of fellowship between the four friends and they go their separate ways. About a year later, one of the girls receives an anonymous note that reads "I Know What You Did Last Summer." Horrified, she gets in touch with the other members of the pact and the chase is on. One thing leads to another and before they know it, they're trying to outsmart a killer.

If you've seen the movie, don't be expecting any graphic violence here or a man with a hook. Instead, this story revolves itself around lessons of honesty, revenge, and the dangers of living a lie. The characters are realistic and easy to relate to. Girls will probably enjoy this book much more than guys because of the romantic elements involved, but it has enough who-dunnit to appeal to males, too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Revenge, March 2, 2002

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This review is from: I Know What You Did Last Summer (Laurel-Leaf Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

A Review by Meghan
One night, while coming home from partying, Barry hit a young boy riding a bicycle. Also in the car were Julie, Ray, and Helen. They all panicked and then called the police anonymously. They made a pact never to tell anyone about the accident. It's been a year now and someone's out for revenge. They all get some sort of sign that someone else knows about it, but who? No one ever told anyone else.

I like how this book keeps you in suspense. The story leads up to the climax very well with everyone getting notes or phone calls. The author doesn't give anything away about the person sending the notes' is, until he reveals himself. You can easily follow when the author switches from one point of view to another. The conflict of someone out to get you seems real because you can kind of imagine someone doing that. The characters Lois Duncan has brought "alive" seem very realistic (especially if you've seen the movie). They were all really believable. I kind of wish the book would extend so you could see what happens after everything has happened.

I would recommend this book to people if you like suspense and mystery. I think this is a really good book. It's easy to follow the book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, May 6, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: I Know What You Did Last Summer (Laurel-Leaf Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

I really liked this book. It was not like the movie. It has a great mystery behind what is happening .Towards the end it becomes a C.S.I. put clues together sort of thing, which I thought was great. It begins in early summer when 4 friends were on Mountain Road going too fast and hit a kid named David Gregg and kept driving. Then a year later, when they thought they had gotten rid of the worst summer of their lifes, the threats and deadly reminders come in. Who is behind this sinister plot? Read this awesome book and find out.