Tag Archives: 1954

Trudy Phillips Headline Year (#2) By Barbara Bates

Posted on October 22, 2019 by mondomolly

“I swear I don’t know what this generation of teen-agers is coming to. No respect for order and safety at all!” If it is October, it must be Whitman girls series! We conclude this fall with a look at the … Continue reading →

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Ginny Gordon And The Lending Library (#4) By Julie Campbell

Posted on October 6, 2019 by mondomolly

“This town was made to order for our portable lending library. It’s filled with old people and shut-ins who like to read.” If it’s fall, it must be time for a look at the girls’ series books published by Whitman … Continue reading →

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Polly French Takes Charge (#2) By Francine Lewis

Posted on December 1, 2017 by mondomolly

“Winning the election is fine but that’s just the start. Now we really are in up to our ears.” Concluding our 2017 series on Whitman’s girls’ series of the 1950s, 60s and 70s is the second volume in the short-lived … Continue reading →

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Polly French of Whitford High (#1) By Francine Lewis

Posted on October 25, 2016 by mondomolly

Never before in her fourteen lively years had Polly French found herself in a predicament as delicious and ticklish as this one. And in the third and final entry in our annual look at Whitman hardcovers, I give you the … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Bad Seed By William March

Posted on October 23, 2015 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2015 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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Prom Trouble By James L. Summers

Posted on June 11, 2012 by mondomolly

Clearly, there is no kind of trouble worse than Prom Trouble! It has turned our hero’s hair gray! (Although, frankly, I am more concerned about his boney girl-arms: it looks like if he tried to bang that gavel his arm … Continue reading →

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