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The Truth About Mary Rose By Marilyn Sachs

Was Aunt Mary Rose really a hero? Or has Mary Rose been living up to a lie? Background: Marilyn Sachs is best known for a number of interconnected middle-reader books set in a pre-Robert Moses South Bronx in the early … Continue reading

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The Son Of Someone Famous By M.E. Kerr

“MY MOTHER SUSPECTS I AM SLIGHTLY UNNATURAL.” We noted the death of YA giant Marijane Meaker, best known as M.E. Kerr, at the end of  last year: as one of the writers at Harper & Row under legendary editor Ursula … Continue reading

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News And Updates!

Welcome back, Constant Readers! I have some exciting news and updates. 1.Name That Book! Department! At long last, we have a better format for the Name That Book! feature!  Just as I was preparing to put the site on its … Continue reading

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The Fabulous Five #13: The Christmas Countdown

“I want a puppy for Christmas so badly. I’ll die if I don’t get one.”  I’ve had a few requests for The Fabulous Five series, Betsy Hayne’s spin-off from the Taffy Sinclair books, the first of which was reviewed here … Continue reading

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Rosemary’s Baby By Ira Levin

(Click here for information on the 2022 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the final selection, Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin) Well, constant readers, again this year we expand the concept of … Continue reading

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Nurses Three: Danger Island (#5) By Jean Kirby

If her terrible injuries were to be tended, it was up to strangers – people like Penny – to do what must be done… Continuing our annual fall retrospective of Whitman girls’ series books with the 5th volume in the … Continue reading

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I Gotta Be Me By Tammy Bakker (With Cliff Dudley)

(Click here for information on the 2022 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the second selection, Tammy Faye [Bakker] Messner’s I Gotta Be Me)  There may be three feet of snow on the … Continue reading

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Movie Madness And/Or Mania: Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)

Welcome back, constant readers! Never fear, there are still Imaginary Summer Autumnal Book Club and Whitman series reviews to come this month, and I am catching up on comments, Name That Book requests and e-mails! Watch this space! But just … Continue reading

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Robin Kane (#4) The Candle Shop Mystery By Eileen Hill

“He can’t do that!” Robin exclaimed. “I’m no lawyer, Mr. Lodato, but this is the United States of America and no one can take anyone’s child away from him like that!” Background: Usually, fall means a look at the “girls’ … Continue reading

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Your Happiest Years By Dick Clark

Dick reviews many of the problems that face a teen-ager as he or she moves through these changing years, and suggests ways to make the years happy and profitable… What kind of advice does America’s Oldest Teenager, pictured here as … Continue reading

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