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Category Archives: Vintage YA Non-Fiction
Teenage Marriage: Coping With Reality By Jeanne Warren Lindsay
If you know a married teenager, you will know someone who will read Teenage Marriage: Coping With Reality… Did you overdose on Valentine’s candy? Well, no fear, I am here with the antidote! Although, to be honest, this book isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Author L, High School, Morning Glory Press, Parents, Teen Pregnancy, Title T, Topical Issues
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Cher! By Vicki Pellegrino
The child bride turned vamp! Unlike the last week’s quickie celebrity biography, in which the subject had not yet done much of note, the author here has to contend with a subject that might just be (GASP!) washed up. With … Continue reading
John Travolta: An Illustrated Biography By Suzanne Munshower
TV’s most popular Sweathog and one of today’s most promising actors! Pity the poor celebrity biographer, charged with turning out a quickie mass-market paperback on a star that may turn out to be HUGE, but at the moment is a … Continue reading
Being Your Best: Tina Yothers’ Guide For Girls By Tina Yothers and Roberta Plutzik
Tina Yothers of N.B.C.’s Family Ties knows all about the problems you face today. I know, I know- this is like 8 weeks in a row that I’ve “No, seriously, guys, THIS is the weirdest book intended for a teenage … Continue reading
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Tagged 1987, Archway, Author Y, Instructional, Parents, Title B, Topical Issues
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The Lonely Trip Back By Florrie Fisher
If you’ve ever wondered what life on the needle is like, ask a white, middle-class, middle-aged lady named Florrie Fisher- she’ll tell you more than you’re prepared to know! Florrie Fisher’s The Lonely Trip Back graphically details a case of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1971, Author F, Bantam, Drugs, Runaway, Title L, Topical Issues
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‘Twixt Twelve and Twenty By Pat Boone
Teen-age can be a confusin’ time, but it can also be a great adventure. Pat Boone was a teen idol who rose to fame recording sanitized cover versions of Rhythm & Blues songs deemed too scary for mainstream radio. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Author B, Instructional, Prentice Hall, Religion, Title T, Topical Issues
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So You’re A Teenage Girl By Jill Renich
“Oh, Mother! Don’t you wish you were a teenager!!?” “No, I don’t, honey.” Background: Author Jill Renich is the granddaughter of famed 19th century evangelist Reuben Archer Torrey, and she was born and raised by missionary parents in China. That … Continue reading
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Tagged 1966, Advice, Author R, High School, Instructional, Parents, Religion, Romance, Sex, Title S, Topical Issues, Zondervan Publishing House
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