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Plot Summary. I Know What You Did Last Summer follows four teens—Julie, Barry, Helen, and Ray—almost a year after a car accident. Last summer—before the novel’s beginning—the teens were partying, and Barry drove Ray’s car while under the influence of alcohol and marijuana.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1973 suspense novel for young adults by Lois Duncan. A film adaptation loosely based on the novel was released in 1997. Plot. In Silver Spring, Maryland, High school senior Julie James receives a note in the mail that reads, "I know what you did last summer".
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Oct 1, 1973 · 3.41. 17,456 ratings1,870 reviews. Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth and is determined to get even. The horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror-or is he out for revenge?
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(1973) is a suspense horror novel for young adults by Lois Duncan.
In an unnamed town, high school senior Julie James receives a sinister note from an elusive stalker telling her, "I know what you did last Summer", referring to the previous year when Julie, her boyfriend Ray Bronson, Ray's best friend, Barry Cox, and Barry's girlfriend, Helen Rivers, accidentally ran over and killed a young boy named David Gregg (in the updated version, the boy's first name is Daniel) after driving home from a party in the mountains to celebrate Ray and Barry's high school hi graduation. The poop four made a vow to never mention it to anyone, and drifted apart, Barry going to the local college, Helen dropping out of school, Ray taking off for California and Julie continuing to attend school. Fearful, Julie visit Helen, and informs her about the note. Barry is called but he assures the girls it is a prank and nothing more, as if anyone did know about their crime, they would inform the authorities and not write notes. The girls buy it, and Ray returns home to Julie, but is disheartened when she reveals she is now dating a fellow named Bud, and no longer wants to continue their relationship.
It is revealed that shortly after the night of the incident, Helen was chosen via a beauty contest to be the Channel Five Golden Girl, meaning she would be the studio's new television personality, much to the fury of Elsa, her sullen, envious and plain-looking older sister. At the Four Seasons, a luxury apartment complex where she lives, Helen is suntanning when she meets a boy, Collingsworth "Collie" Wilson, just out of the army. After she is done talking to Collie, she goes to her apartment and finds a magazine cut out of a boy riding a bicycle taped to the door.
Afterwards, the book writes that Ray, who had supposedly been in California, had shown up at Julie's house to "check up on how [she] was doing" after the incident. Julie's date, a man named Bud, is introduced to Ray despite Ray being Julie's ex. Later, Ray leaves for his house and finds that he has been sent a newspaper clipping through the mail about the boy he, Barry, Helen, and Julie had killed last summer, David Gregg. In the article, it is revealed that his parents are Mr. Michael Gregg and Mrs. Gregg. Afterwords, the book takes the reader into a memory of Ray's, in which his father commented on his life; about having a popular football friend (Barry) and a cheerleader girlfriend (Julie) and Ray's father's first meeting with Barry. Ray then painfully remembers about the day when they ran over David Gregg and then called for help.
On Memorial Day, Barry receives a call. After he hangs up, he walks out of the University frat house where he lives to meet the person who had called him. As it is dark, he does not see too well and is shot. When Ray finds out, he calls St. Joseph's Hospital to ask how Barry is doing. He is told that Barry is in surgery. Helen finds out about Barry being shot when she is in the TV studio. When Collie finds out about Barry he immediately goes to the studio to pick up Helen and take her to the hospital. When they reach the hospital, Helen and Collie are sent away by Barry's mother, who accuses Helen of calling Barry and getting him shot.
After Julie finds out, she receives a phone call from Ray asking if they could discuss what has been happening. She agrees to go with him. During the discussion the only thing they agree on is the shooter is not Helen. Then Julie suggests going to the Gregg's house to see if it is one of David's family members who is coming after them. After a little debating, Ray agrees to go.
When Ray and Julie get to the house, they use the excuse they had car trouble to get in the house. Megan Gregg, the only sister of the family, lets them in. Ray goes to her kitchen and fakes making a call while Julie talks to Megan. While Julie and Megan talk, it is revealed that Megan is David Gregg's sister. Megan also says that her mother broke down after David's death and was sent to a hospital in Las Lunas. Her father moved to be close to her mother. To comfort her, Julie reveals she had lost her father at a young age. After Ray is done making his fake call, Ray and Julie leave. When they get back to the car, Julie confirms it obviously wasn't the Gregg family after them and tells Ray what she found out. They decide to go to Helen's apartment and tell her what they had learned from Megan. Elsa is at the apartment, tormenting Helen about the attack on Barry and reluctantly leaves after Julie and Ray arrive. Julie suggests it may be Elsa responsible for the threats and the shooting, as she has always resented Helen, and may have learned about it by accident, as Helen used to share a room with her. Ray calls the Cox family at the hospital. He finds out that since Barry was shot in the spine, he has paralysis and it may be permanent.
Plot Overview. The story is set in a small coastal town in the summer after high school graduation. The four main characters—Julie James, Helen Rivers, Ray Bronson, and Barry Cox—find themselves involved in a tragic hit-and-run accident while driving on a deserted road late at night.
The Story. After working to bury the memory of a tragedy in which she played a role, seventeen-year-old Julie James receives an anonymous letter reading, simply, “I Know What You Did Last...
