Other Books by This Author
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I Know What You did
Last Summer
Summer of Fear
Killing Mr. Griffin
Stranger With My Face
Daughters of Eve
Down a Dark Hall
Ransom
Locked in Time
The Third Eye
The Twisted Window
They Never Came
Home
About the Author
Born on April 28, 1934, Lois
Duncan who has made 51
works including novels,
movies, picture books, and
children's books. Duncan
grew up in Sarasota, Fl and
attended Duke University
for 2 years. She has 3
children and now lives in
Albuquerque, NM at the
age of 76.
Lois is most famous for her horror
novels for teens, but most people would
be interested to know that one of the
stories Who Killed My Daughter? is based
on a real life event. Lois’s youngest
daughter, Kait was murdered in
Albuquerque, NM and the novel is based
on the Duncan’s and their real life,
unsolved horror story.
-Published: 1989
-Genre: Thriller
-Pages: 192
-Author: Lois Duncan
-Movie: Made into a television movie in 1999
-Awards: Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award1991
and 1993, Iowa High School Book Master List1992,
Virginia Young Readers Program Award1992,Indiana
Young Hoosier Award 1992, Texas Lone Star Reading
List1991. was nominated for Washington Evergreen
Young Adult Book Award 1992, Colorado Blue Spruce
Young Adult Book Award 1991 and 1992, Illinois
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award 1995.
April thinks that her world is over when she is forced to
leave her comfortable home, join the witness protection
program, and move to Florida. While the Corrigan family
thinks that their Dad is working for an airline service, they
soon discover that he really is an FBI agent dealing with a
dangerous drug case. When things with the case get out
of hand the family is set up with new identities and looks,
and sent to live in a rural town in Florida. April is crushed
when she must leave behind her friends, Grandmother,
and most importantly her boyfriend. After missing prom
and graduation April has to refrain for many months from
calling her friends and boyfriend. But decides one day to
leave Florida and go back home. But when Vamp (the
man tracking down the Corrigan family) finds April and her
grandmother it is all they can do to try to stop him from
reaching the rest of the family to keep them all from
getting killed.
The Corrigan's must assume new
identities after they leave their old lives.
The government places the family in the
witness protection program to start their
new lives. This involves changing names,
looks, jobs, location, and friends.
Run by the United
states Department of
Justice and the United
Marshals Service, the
Witness protection
Program was started in
1970. it is designed to
relocate people and
families to new
locations so that they
can be safe from any
organized crime or
offenses.
Changes for the Family
Old Names
New Names
April Corrigan
Valerie Weber
Elizabeth
Corrigan
Weber
George
Corrigan
Weber
Bramwell
Corrigan
Jason Weber
Information
In the WPP they
usually try to keep the
witnesses first name the
same, and the same first
initial of their last name. In
“Don’t Look Behind You”
they get completely new
names, and April is very
unhappy about being
Valerie, her least favorite
name.
Changes for the Family
April- must cut her long
blonde stand-out hair.
 Bram- Bram has a very
unusual characteristic, he
has one blue eye and
one brown eye. When
they join the program he
has to wear contacts so
that no one with notice
his eyes.
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Information
Witnesses in the
program mat sometimes
have to change unique
looks about themselves.
This is so that they are less
noticeable and will not
be picked out in a crowd
as strange or unique and
won’t draw attention to
themselves.
Changes for the Family
George- In his former life
George was a worker at
airport baggage claim, and
he does secret work with his
buddy Max smuggling drugs
over the border, ect.
 Elizabeth- She was a
nationally known author, but
know that her life is changed
she is no longer allowed to
publish books because of the
attention it will draw.
 New Life- When the family
moves to Florida they acquire
a photo developing shop
called ZIP-PIC, which does
not make them very much
money.
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Information
The families in the WPP
are given money and
supplies to help them
start up and survive in
their new lives. The
Corrigan's are given a
new business, though it
doesn’t bring in nearly
enough to compare with
their past financial
situation.
Changes for the Family
Old Location:
Norwood, Virginia. A
suburb in Virginia were
the family is very
happy with their lives
and the people
involved in them.
 New Location: Grover,
Florida. A rural small
town in FL were it will
be very hard to track
the family.
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Information
The strange thing
about moving the
family to Florida is that
is has the highest rate
for drug deals. But the
program thinks that it
will make their location
even harder to find.
The witnesses in the
WPP must find a place
to live that nobody will
expect or be able to
find in order be safe
from whatever danger
they are running from.
Changes for the Family
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Friends- April and her family
must drop all of their friends in
Virginia without even saying
goodbye. One they get to FL
April meets some kids from her
school and has no problem
finding new people to hang
out with, although she still
wishes she wasn’t in FL.
Family- When the Corrigan’s
leave VA their Grandmother
Lorelei decides not to go with
them. This means that is the
last time they will ever see her
because of the loss of contact
they must have with
everyone. But with the turn of
events in the story she
eventually comes to live with
them after they get into the
fight with their attempted
killer.
Information
Once a family joins
the WPP they are no
longer allowed to have
any contact with old
friends or family to keep
them safe. Just like in the
book anything can be
traced, phone calls,
letters, ect. This gets April
into a lot of trouble when
she doesn’t listen to
instructions and is sending
calls and letters to her
boyfriend and
grandmother. This is to
keep the witnesses from
being tracked from
whatever crimes are being
aimed at them.
To enter the Witness Protection
program you must have either
committed a crime, or witnessed a
crime of some sort. After the crime
was committed someone is out to
get the individual or the family,
and it is necessary to change
identities to keep them safe from
being found.
Over 7,500 witnesses have
entered the program along with
their 9,500 family members since
the WPP was first established. Of
those people around 14% of
witnesses who have committed a
crime prior to entering the
program will be caught
committing another crime. This is
compared to the almost 41% of
parolees who will convert back to
crime.
In the end of the novel April and her
Grandmother get chased to Florida by
there killer. After he locks them in the
house April sneaks out and goes after
him, killing him with a tennis racket.
The family moves again.
 April finds a new perfect boyfriend, and
works part time at Burger King
 Lorelei works in a boutique
 Liz is a secretary
 George works in a sporting goods store
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Attention grabbing
Suspenseful
Well shown emotions
Mysterious
The book kept me interested throughout
the whole story
I would recommend “Don’t Look Behind
You” to people who are looking for a
thrilling novel that will have them waiting
and anxious to see what’s coming next.