Category Archives: Vintage YA Fiction

Summer Theme Part 1: “Going To Camp”

Posted on June 21, 2019 by

Over the next few months, we’ll be looking at some books focusing on popular YA summer experiences. Part 1 will be “Going to Camp” and will commence the first week of July; in the meantime, you can check out some … Continue reading →

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Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You By Barthe DeClements

Posted on June 9, 2019 by

But what will it take to get herself out of trouble when she’s been in it so long? Barthe DeClements introduced Elsie Edwards as the class fatty-pariah in Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade, and followed her development into an insecure … Continue reading →

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Sixteen (Short Stories By Outstanding Writers For Young Adults) Edited By Donald R. Gallo

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

Their impressions radiate through an emotional prism of hope and hate, love and death, despair and joy… Check out the Murderer’s Row of authors featured in this collection: Joan Aiken, Judie Angell, Robin F. Brancato, Robert Cormier, Diane Duane, Bette … Continue reading →

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Soaps In The Afternoon By Lavinia Harris

Posted on May 12, 2019 by

This soap opera is no ordinary drama… So, two things: first, this is one of those especially weird attempts to market science fiction to teen girls by skipping the science part and just making goofy things happen with the explanation … Continue reading →

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Mother, Where Are You? (Donna Rockford #1) By Dorothy Woolfolk

Posted on April 28, 2019 by

Who is Janet’s mother? And why would anyone want to kill them, just because they’re looking for her? I didn’t look up any info on author Dorothy Woolfolk until after I had finished this book and was kind of blown … Continue reading →

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Baby-Sitting Is A Dangerous Job By Willo Davis Roberts

Posted on April 21, 2019 by

I could have never predicted what would happen next… Background: Willo Davis Roberts was one of the more prolific writers toiling away in the YA/Middle Reader vineyards of the 1970s and 80s, authoring YA Romances (3 titles in the Sunfire series), social-problem books … Continue reading →

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Emily’s Runaway Imagination By Beverly Cleary

Posted on April 12, 2019 by

When Emily gets an idea, nothing can stop her! Today Beverly Cleary celebrates her 103rd (!!!) birthday, and in tribute we are again looking at one of her early works.  She is best known (do I really need to say … Continue reading →

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