Category Archives: Vintage YA Fiction
Meg: Mystery In Williamsburg (Meg Duncan #6)
What were the suspicious strangers after? Why were she and Kerry locked in the old jail? And who chased them in the garden? These were only a few of the questions Meg needed to answer. If it’s October, it must … Continue reading
Down A Dark Hall By Lois Duncan
Why does the exclusive boarding school Blackwood have only four students? Back to school! Time to start the year with a good attitude cautionary tale wacky scheme inspirational message epic wish-fulfillment fantasy slightly anachronistic feminist career romance Eh, whatever, let’s just do another Lois Duncan… … Continue reading
Camilla By Madeleine L’Engle
Her life is filled with confusion. Will it ever make sense? In the 5+ years of this blog’s existence, this has to rate as the most difficult and frustrating book I’ve had to write about. Not because it isn’t good … Continue reading
How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues? By Barthe DeClements
Will Elsie be able to accept her (beautiful!) new self? This is the first of two (sadly out-of-print) books following up on the life of Elsie Edwards from Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade, the school fatty with a horrifying mother … Continue reading
Promised Kiss (First Love From Silhouette #14) By Veronica Ladd
All her friends think Roger is weird, but Karen knows better… Background: 236 First Love titles were published between 1981 and 1987 by Silhouette, “AMERICA’S publisher of Contemporary Romance” (distinguishing itself from its main competitor, the Canadian-based Harlequin, which would fold Silhouette … Continue reading
