Game of Danger

{{short description|Novel by Lois Duncan}}

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Game of Danger is a 1962 thriller novel by Lois Duncan.{{cite web |url= http://www.ric.edu/astal/authors/loisduncan.html |date= February 9, 2006 |accessdate= June 5, 2017 |title= Lois Duncan |publisher= The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College (ric.edu) |archive-date= May 7, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070507122623/http://www.ric.edu/astal/authors/loisduncan.html |url-status= dead }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&q=love+song+for+joyce+lois+kerry&pg=PA340|title=Writers Directory|page=340|publisher=Springer|year=1983|isbn=978-1-349-03650-9}}

Plot

Teenager Annie and her young brother Rob receive a phone call from their mother instructing them to leave their home in the middle of the night with an important letter. The two arrive at the bus terminal at 2 AM and leave for the home of a family friend at their mother's urging; meanwhile, newspaper headlines regarding Annie and Rob's father and his alleged communist ties begin to circulate. The children's embarking leads them on an odyssey to uncover the truth.

Reception

A review published by Kirkus Reviews noted that: "The pieces of the puzzle take awhile to together, but the is well worth the reader's time... This is melodrama that involves the reader all the way through."{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lois-duncan-3/game-of-danger/|work=Kirkus Reviews|title=Game of Danger by Lois Duncan|accessdate=June 12, 2017}}

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