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Movie Madness and/or Mania: The Wave (1981)
A number of ABC’s Afterschool Specials (and CBS’s School Break Specials and NBC’s Special Treat) have been made available on YouTube; while usually associated with heavy-handed renderings of TEEN ISSUES (DRUGS! DRINKING! SHOPLIFTING! CULTS! ALL THE GREATEST HITS!) a number of these specials adapted contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged 1981, Afterschool Special, High School, Title W, Topical Issues
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Lost… And Never Found By Anita Larsen
In ten unbelievable tales we can find out who these people were, before they vanished- without a trace. Do kids still go through an Unsolved Mysteries of the Unknown phase? Even if it no longer directly involves Unsolved Mysteries or … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Non-Fiction
Tagged 1985, Author L, Kidnapping, Mystery, Scholastic, Title L, True Crime
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Windswept Mystery-Romance #26: The Secret By Carol Beach York.
Was the ghost of a dead girl seeking revenge? Teen romances with a photo cover were a staple throughout the 1980s: we have variously looked at Wildfire, Sweet Dreams, First Love and Caprice’s versions of this YA staple on a … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1984, Author Y, Girls Series, Gothic, Mystery, Romance, Scholastic, Title S, Windswept
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Choose Your Own Adventure #42: The Mystery of Echo Lodge By Louise Munro Foley
Be on the lookout! Echo Lodge is surrounded by danger. You may be attacked by a killer hawk, get trapped under a roaring avalanche, or save the day by solving the mystery! I truly appreciate that readers indulged my flight … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1985, Adventure, Author F, Bantam, Choose Your Own Adventure, Mystery, Title M
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Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture By Douglas Coupland
“Everyone’s such a mess. Nobody turned out normal.” When selecting titles for this space, I try to think of “young adult” in as expansive a way possible: not just as a marketing category as to who publishers thought would read … Continue reading
Posted in Non-YA Fiction, Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1990s, 1991, Author C, Family, Gen X, Postmodernism, St. Martin's Press, Title G
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Francine Pascal’s Sweet Valley Saga: The Wakefields of Sweet Valley
Follow the riveting stories of the women who came before Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield… Did any 1980s series spawn more sub-series than Sweet Valley High? Even excluding the hundreds of books featuring the Wakefield twins at different ages (your Sweet … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1991, Author P, Author W, Bantam, Girls Series, Historical, Romance, Sweet Valley High, Title S
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Sunset High: The Night Before (#10) By Linda A. Cooney
Will they spend the holidays apart, or will they set aside their pride in time to start the New Year right? I am starting to run low on holiday-themed YA titles (whither Elaine Harper?) so I’ve been reaching for a … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1986, Author C, Christmas, Fawcett Just For Girls, Girls Series, High School, Romance, Title N
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James Budd #2: The Secret of Operation Brain By Dale Carlson
Brilliant scientist Shepherd smith seems to have gone berserk: he’s been blowing up missile bases all over Europe, bring the world to the brink of nuclear war… As an epilogue to Whitman Season, I thought we’d revisit the James Budd … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1984, Author C, Boys Series, Cold War, Golden, Mystery, Title S
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Nurses Three: Tracy’s Little People (#6) By Jean Kirby
And how could she defend herself against an accusation so terrible that it could end her career as a nurse, even send her to prison? Continuing our annual fall retrospective of Whitman girls’ series books with the 6th volume in the … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1965, Author K, Career, Girls Series, Nurse, Nurses Three, Title T, Whitman
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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Psycho By Robert Bloch
(Click here for information on the 2023 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the final selection, Psycho By Robert Bloch.) Like Peter Benchley’s Jaws (2014 Imaginary Summer Book Club selection!), Psycho is a … Continue reading
Posted in Non-YA Fiction
Tagged 1959, Alfred Hitchcock, Author B, Horror, Imaginary Summer Book Club, Simon & Schuster, Title P
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