No, thanks! I'll take a middle aged or senior citizen narrator over that.) Besides, I've never thought that the 'voice' (POV, writing narrative style) of Duncan's teen girl protagonists was meant to be literally that of a young girl. (For an example, why not listen to Audible's own samples of the re-issued versions of some of Duncan's novels? Not only is the material in the book adulterated-sorry, 'edited'- for a post-2010 readership, but the narrators they chose are distractingly immature-sounding, with Valley Girl-esque diction and intonation.

Would you want an actual teen voice actor? I'd argue, no, you sure wouldn't. But I'll say that I disagree with those who say she sounds too old to play the teenage narrator. Have you listened to any of Ruth Ann Phimister’s other performances before? How does this one compare? I'll just say that it has an important and common feature of young girls' fiction: the rival female who threatens to usurp the protagonist's standing and relationships, pulling the wool over everyone's eyes except our heroine's. I think comparing it would give away too much of the plot/twists. What other book might you compare Summer of Fear to and why? Knowing that it was a Lois Duncan novel so that even though the first 1/3 or half of the book is not as tension-filled as her books usually are, at some point things were going to get cray-zeeeee! (And they do). What made the experience of listening to Summer of Fear the most enjoyable? Shorter, not as polished, but still compelling LD

Summer of fear by lois duncan