Author Archives: mondomolly

Nurses Three: A Career For Kelly (#1) By Jean Kirby

Posted on October 14, 2018

Shy, sensitive Kelly found herself fighting for everything she had ever believed in… Our annual round-up of Whitman Girls Series chugs right along this week with a favorite author… IN DISGUISE! Background: I’ve noted before the reasons for the enduring … Continue reading →

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Ginny Gordon And The Mystery At The Old Barn (#3) By Julie Campbell

Posted on October 7, 2018

“A hillbilly singer with an accordion! Oh no, John. We are ruined.” As fall continues, so do we with a selection of girls’ series published by Whitman in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. This week, we revisit Julie Campbell’s OTHER schoolgirl shamus of Westchester … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Red-Headed Woman By Katharine Brush

Posted on October 2, 2018

(Click here for information on the 2018 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. As all of the four selected titles have filmed adaptations, we will be looking at the movie versions as we go along. … Continue reading →

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Donna Parker Takes A Giant Step (#7) By Marcia Martin

Posted on September 19, 2018

“Senior high!” she whispered. “Can you really believe it? We’ll actually be in tenth grade, going to Summerfield Senior High School!” Back to school! Let’s double down with a good attitude cautionary tale wacky scheme inspirational message epic wish-fulfillment fantasy  slightly anachronistic feminist career romance Eh, … Continue reading →

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Twink By John Neufeld

Posted on September 2, 2018

Her family had been warned of the awesome responsibility they were all accepting… her “preppie” step-brother Harry felt sick the first time he saw her. The 1960s and 1970s (and into the ‘80s) saw a new wave of YA Fiction … Continue reading →

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Checking in with the Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Killing of the Unicorn By Peter Bogdanovich

Posted on August 21, 2018

(Click here for information on the 2018 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. As all of the four selected titles have filmed adaptations, we will be looking at the movie versions as we go along. … Continue reading →

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Mazes and Monsters By Rona Jaffe

Posted on August 12, 2018

These players… could be anybody’s kids; bright young college students sent out to prepare for life, given the American Dream and rejecting it to live in a fantasy world on invented terrors. Background: Rona Jaffe is best known for her first … Continue reading →

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