Monthly Archives: April 2022
Movie Madness And/Or Mania: Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971)
Back in 2014 I wrote about the 1967 teens-in-trouble classic Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones, in which author Ann Head (the penname for non-YA writer Anne Wales Christensen), tells the story of how two high school seniors cope with … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged 1971, Abortion, High School, Parents, Teen Pregnancy, Topical Issues
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Fat Jack By Barbara Cohen
“A person never gets over high school, Judy.” I’ve written before about my general impression of YA fiction moving from topical issues based on shock value in the 1970s (Drugs! Cults! Satan!) and into more internal crises of the characters … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1980, Atheneum, Author C, Family, Fat, Gay, High School, Title F, Topical Issues
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Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989 