SOLVED. YA book about druids in the modern USA. [s]

[Kate]

I am looking for a young adult book about the main character's encounter with druids.
There was some peer pressure to take pills.
The main character was named Sam.
Sam had just moved to the area with his dad.
I think it was set in upstate New York, but I'm not sure about that.

The book would have been available about 1987.

[Kris]

Kate, what's the genre - e.g., YA (teen) fantasy fiction?

What kind of pills?

[Robert]

Killing Time, by Patricia Windsor?

Published 1980.

Summary: A teenager moves with his father from New York City to a small town where strange happenings begin to convince them they're not wanted.

Library of Congress Subject headings: Druids and druidism--Fiction/ City and town life--Fiction/ Mystery and detective stories

[Kris]

Google Books has a snippet search of Robert's suggestion - Killing Time by Patricia Windsor. You might get lucky searching for keywords.

https://books.google.com/books?id=u5D... There are different cover images such as:
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
- https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Time-P...

Quotes:
For instance: Druid sanctuaries were set in thick woods. Fortifications were set on hilltops. Makes sense. Ritual shafts were dug ... Druids believed in reincarnation. And then I saw a photograph that hit me. "Reconstruction," the caption ...
...
The thing was filled with pills and capsules. Nice color combinations on some of them. "Go ahead," he said. I noticed his ... A little test, I thought. To see if I'm worthy of being a member of the Union. I put my hand in and pulled out a pill.
...
It suddenly hit me that I hadn't been under the influence of a couple of codeine pills and half a rum and Coke. Three different people had handed me drinks: Crew, Debbie Ann, and Lewis. Debbie Ann had given me the rum and Coke.

[Kate]

Thats it! Thank you :)