They Never Came Home (Laurel leaf suspense) (Paperback)

by Lois Duncan (Author) "The boys had been gone for three days before the police were informed, and then Mr. Drayfus was apologetic..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Las Cruces, Dan Cotwell (more...)

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Product Description
They couldn't have just disappeared! Or could they?

That's the way it looks when Dan and Larry don't retum from a weekend camping trip in the mountains. Then Joan, Larry's sister, gets a mysterious call from a man who says Larry owes him a lot of money. Where could her brother be?

Can Joan, with the help of dan's brother Frank, find Dan and Larry? Or are the two destined never to returm?

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They couldn't have just disappeared! Or could they?

That's the way it looks when Dan and Larry don't return from a weekend camping trip in the mountains. Then Joan, Larry's sister, gets a mysterious call from a man who says Larry owes him a lot of money. Where could her brother be?

Can Joan, with the help of dan's brother Frank, find Dan and Larry? Or are the two destined never to returm?

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf (October 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440207800
• ISBN-13: 978-0440207801
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #131,391 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent nail biter!, April 13, 2000

By A Customer

I bought this book for my teenage sons to read. When they told me how good the book was, I decided to read it. They were right. I loved it! The suspense is so fast paced. There was never a dull moment. I gave the book to my mother and she loved it as well. It certainly crossed all age barriers. Although it is definitely not meant for young kids, I highly recommend the book for teens, as well as older adults.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars marisa's review, November 3, 2002

By	marisa silberman (cleveland, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

In the novel, They Never Came Home by Lois Duncan, two boys; Larry Drayfus and Dan Cotwell go camping one weekend and never return home. When the boys hadn't come home from camping in three days their family's started to get nervous. Larry was grounded and was supposed to be sent off to military school the next fall. But when he invited his sister, Joan's boyfriend, Dan to go camping with him for the weekend he was granted permission to go. Dan was graduating this year and was supposed to be valedictorian. They had planned to go to the Mogollons Mountains for the weekend and return on Sunday night. But when Wednesday rolled around people started to wonder what was going on and they sent out search parties for them. After days of searching they gave up and figured they were dead. Until Joan got a call from a man named Mr. Brown....
I would recommend this novel to people my age. I would recommend it because it keeps you on the edge of your seat and you never want to put it down. I had to read this for English class and usually I dislike all the books I read for English. But this book was so good I read all 185 pages of it in two days because I could not wait to finish it. This book has many twists and turns and really makes you think about the people and world around you.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They Never Came Home, March 9, 2000

By A Customer

I thought this was a great book. It had a lot of mystery in it which I rarely ever read. It's about two friends that go on a hiking trip and never come home. After the families had agreed to end the search party, a man calls the Drayfus household to tell them that their son owed him a lot of money. This particular chapter is a critical one because that is when it takes a complete turn around. This book contains a lot of fears and mystery which makes it great I highly recommend it.