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Dec 20, 2008

Needleroozer rated it:

I read this book years and years ago. In fact, I wasn't sure I had actually read it until I saw the summary of it in Bitch magazine.

It's a really creepy premise. A teenage girl is doing astral projection and while she's out of her body, the sister she didn't know she had slips her spirit into the vacated body. Well, something like that happens. I may have the details wrong about who the girl who slips into the body is. In any case, the protagonist is floating around in spirit, watchi More...

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Jun 15, 2008

Amber rated it:

I read every one of these books I could find in the library in elementary school and junior high. Trashy yet enthralling. I associate them with the period of time I was convinced I could have superpowers if only I tried hard enough. I really really wanted paranormal powers-- particularly telekinesis. If it could happen to the girls in these books.. why not me?

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Oct 01, 2009

Sarah! rated it:

im on page 197 laurie found out after 17 yrs that she was living a lye. her mom and dad have ben hiding that she has a twin sister lia that was seperated from birth and lived in new mexico whille laurie is in nyc. if she thought it couldnt get any worse it did. she adopted! and her family is party idian (her bilogical familyy) plus since her idian sister can visit her with special idian beliefs. lia has ben hurting and trying 2 kill laurie freind so laurie and lia are the only ones that stick 2g More...

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Feb 06, 2008

Paula rated it:

I haven't read this book in a very long time. But I first discovered it when I was probably 10-years-old and I just kept taking it out of the library! I knew exactly where it was, what shelf it was on and it was ALWAYS there waiting for me. The librarians used to look at me and say, "Well there you go again Paula." This was my first introduction to science fiction (at least in book form) and it was awesome! What if your friends suddenly started acting strange and told you you did More...

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Aug 31, 2011

Josephine rated it:

I read about Stranger with My Face in Shelf Discovery, and took a chance on it, as I liked the one other book of Duncan's I've read, A Gift of Magic. Unfortunately, I was probably too old for Stranger with My Face when it came out; I was fifteen or so. I'm definitely too old for it now.

In Stranger with my face, Our Angst Ridden Teen Protagonist, Laurie, is recalling events from a year previously, more or less: she's grown up on a small island off the New England coast, and befriends More...

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Jul 21, 2011

Midnyte Reader rated it:

Lois Duncan is a huge name in the literary world, who has written many, (many, many) books and received many (manymanymany) awards. I Know What You Did Last Summer may be her most recognizable. However, I can't remember reading any of her books growing up, but I recognized her name when I picked up this audio book in the library. My other reasons for checking this out were 1) We don't have a huge selection in our library and 2) It was earmarked as Supernatural. I'm not sure I would really re More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Xiu Ling rated it:

Stranger with my Face is about two sisters, who are twins separated during their childhood. One of the twins, Laurie, lives a much better life than Lia. In their blood, they have the genes that allow them to be able to perform a magical skill called Austral Projection. With this skill, Lia's spirit departs its body and visits Laurie every night. Laurie, who is incapable of the existence of a twin sister, fights to solve the mystery of this stranger who haunts her every night.

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Sep 25, 2010

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Jul 16, 2009

Jen rated it:

I'm a big fan of YA lit. I like to re-read the books I read growing up. It's nostalgic. Lois Duncan is one of my absolute favourite YA authors. I was beyond horrified when "I Know What You Did Last Summer" was turned into a film - and even more horrified by the sequel and the third part, which never existed in book format. Despite all of that, her suspenseful books are incredible. This particular title is a favourite of mine, however, I enjoy all of her books. I contacted her a f More...

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Oct 09, 2011

Sophie rated it:

This is the second Lois Duncan reissue I've read recently, and I was much more impressed with the quality of this book than I was with I Know What You Did Last Summer. Stranger with My Face is better written and more engrossing, and I found the ending of this story much more convincing than the resolution of Last Summer. This edition of Stranger features what the back-cover copy calls "modernized text." The author herself has tried to update the text by sprinkling in stray mentions of More...

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Sep 04, 2011

Leah rated it:

I thought Stranger With My Face was great. I liked how the author created so much suspense. You just kept wanting to keep reading and reading. The story took place on an island which the main character Laurie, and her family lived. Laurie was hearing strange voices and the people that were close to her in her life were claiming they saw her doing things she wasn’t doing. It turns out Laurie has a twin sister and that Laurie was adopted. Laurie’s twin sister was haunting Laurie. She grew very mea More...

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Sep 29, 2010

Isabel rated it:

Everyone has felt, at one time or another, that they were being watched. Seventeen-year-old Laurie Stratton was right. Someone is not only watching her, but also pretending to be her. Her friends claim to see her in places she has never been, and her family sees her around the house when she’s been at school all day. Then the copycat starts appearing in reflections and dreams. She talks to Laurie and she looks exactly like her. Laurie soon finds out that she was adopted, and that the ghost who’ More...

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Nov 01, 2011

Diego rated it:

Laurie is a normal girl, though she notices she looks nothing like her siblings or parents. It isn't until people start seeing her places she hasn't been that she learns a secret that had been kept from her for so long. Who is this stranger taking over Laurie's life, and why does she look so much like her?

Although decently written, this novel is full of cliches and obvious overshadowing. By the fourth chapter, I already knew what was going to happen. What's the fun it that? Everythin More...

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Jun 03, 2011

Betty rated it:

Article first published as Book Review: Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan on Blogcritics.

One of my all-time favorite books is The Third Eye by Lois Duncan. I’ve read this book at least half a dozen times since I first read it in high school. Funnily enough, I haven’t read any of Duncan’s better known books, like Stranger with My Face, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Killing Mr. Griffin.

I finally got a hold of a copy of Stranger with My Face, and it was so exciting that I finished rea

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Apr 10, 2011

Kelly rated it:

Things have been strange for Laurie lately. Her boyfriend's mad at her because he says he saw her out when she said she was home sick. (Except...Laurie really WAS sick.) And she could swear that sometimes, she feels someone in her room---but nobody's there. So what's going on?

I think this is my second favorite Lois Duncan book (behind Locked In Time) and it's just really, really creepy. (The last chapter, especially, makes my skin crawl every time I think about it.)

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Dec 01, 2010

Madalynn rated it:

I thought Stranger with My Face was a good book. Lois Duncan does a great job of giving details. In this book, the main character Laurie discovers she’s adopted and has a twin sister. How did she find out? Her sister told her by astral projection which is where your soul leaves your body but you don’t die. Laurie is scared at first because this stranger that looks like her is coming in her room and looking at her and appearing in dreams. The stranger told Laurie that she is her sister. Laurie a More...

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Mar 20, 2010

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Aug 19, 2010

Imogen rated it:

OH MAN it crushes my poor cold heart to sand to have to tell you this, because I used to borrow this book from the library over and over and over when I was in fifth grade and it's one of the things that really made me like books so goddam much, but it's just all about like "Native American people are mysterious and magical," which is not an okay theme. So sad! I was so stoked when I found it in a little used bookstore in Kokomo Indiana, because when I was little I think I just thought More...

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Sep 21, 2011

706sashaf rated it:

This book I read over the summer. It was really scary and I actually had to read it at night because in the book this person comes to the girl in the middle of the night. It was actually pretty good it's just that I couldn't read it in certain places or at night. I also thought it was a strange concept for a book because of the many twists and turns that happen between this poor girl and her best friend. As the book goes on the story becomes more of a mystery and into a sci-fi story instead of r More...

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Dec 13, 2011

JDW rated it:

Watching Insidious reminded me of this book, and I had to go re-read it. I thought my memories were only vague -- that it involved a girl living on an island who was being visited by a malicious, estranged sibling who could astral project. But it turned out that's exactly what it's about and not much more. Good YA fiction, though in the age of Harrys and Katnises, it doesn't stand up quite so well, and the end is a bit anti-climatic, especially after a truly creepy and anxious build up. Also, ap More...

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Sep 01, 2009

Corine rated it:

Summer Reading Book 3: This book is about a 16 year old girl named Laurie. She so far has a perfect life with an amazing boyfriend and a great group of friends. Things start to fall apart for Laurie when her boyfriend keeps telling her he has seen her with other guys, and her friends keep telling her they have seen her in places Laurie has never been to. Laurie starts believing that she has a twin. She investiages this online and she was right and her twin sister Lia was a foster child. Lia and More...

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Jul 12, 2010

Christine US rated it:

I didn't remember reading this book as a child, but once I started listening to it (I did the audio CD of this on my commute) I realized I had read this before. I remembered pieces of the story and knew how it would turn out. However, I don't remember being so bored by it. Maybe it's the difference in my taste in elementary school and my taste now...but I felt like it dragged on and more than once I said "just shut up!" when the main character went on one of her rambles.
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May 24, 2011

Monica! rated it:

Stranger with My Face is a ridiculous story that I imagine has not aged particularly well, although I did admittedly love it in middle school. From it, I learned the important lesson that sisters shouldn't be trusted, especially if they're your secret twins, because they're actually evil and want to steal your body through astral projection and leave you to rot in a mental hospital. Unless they're adopted sisters, in which case they will recognize that you've been possessed and save you from y More...

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Jan 27, 2009

Giselle rated it:

Stranger with My Face is about a girl named Laurie Stratton whose friends and family who claim to see her even though it wasn't. Laurie begins to see the girl who looks exactly like her and talks to her. She then learns about astral projection. Laurie begins to do it. The twin tries to ruin Laurie's life and take over her body.
A text-to-self connection is like Laurie I am shy and I don't like to talk to people who I don't know. Also I'm curious and I wonder about things just l More...

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Jan 24, 2011

Eliza rated it:

When I first saw the title, it immediately gripped me. Luring me in even closer were the first few chapters, and then I was hooked. "Stranger with my Face" by Lois Duncan is a story about a girl named Laurie, who's life is going along just as it should. She's living a normal teen life at Cliff House, until her friends claim Laurie was at the beach, when she was really home sick. Her dad says he saw her around the house all day, when Laurie just got home from school. How can she be at t More...

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Mar 25, 2010

Julie rated it:

5 stars!! Another good book!!

Duncan did an excellent first person narrative story starring Laurie as the main character. The book had the right amount of mystery, thrills, romance, friendship, family bonding, and so much more! The creepy and eerie mood where Lia came in really got me hooked. This book seemed familiar, though, meaning that I wasn't surprised by anything that happened. I had to have read it before.. I'm not sure.. It was still exciting to read! I want a sequel to know More...

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Nov 23, 2008

Makenzee rated it:

Have you ever been haunted by someone. someone close even in your bedroom? Are your friends playing a prank against you when they say they've seen you do things you know you haven't done? Does Laurie really want to find out? this is a verry good book about a girl named Laurie who finds out not only that she was adopted but also that she has a twin sister named lia who is your evil side looks exactly like you and has been going through your stuff knows your life knows your friends and is able to More...

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Sep 04, 2011

Jay rated it:

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Feb 04, 2009

Heidi rated it:

Maybe for its time this was a groundbreaking book (published 1981) but in some ways the plot is pretty standard. girl meets boy, boy not so nice, girl meets other boy seems not so nice but is really a gem. The interesting scifi twist is that girl meets evil twin sister through astral projection, is haunted by her. Very good use of flashback in diary form. She manages to keep a person in suspense as to what exactly happens until the end even though you know it turns out alright because it is More...

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Aug 09, 2011

Lena rated it:

I didn't know what to expect when I got this book from the library. I had heard of the author, but I'd never read anything by her.

Duncan does an amazing job creating suspense. It was SO HARD to put this book down every time I had to stop reading. It caught me and never let go--the pace is relentless. This should be required reading for suspense writers, because so many get it wrong. Duncan is a master.

That said, I didn't really care for the main character. I tried hard More...

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