Tag Archives: 1979

Movie Madness And/Or Mania: The Late Great Me! Story Of A Teenage Alcoholic (1979)

Posted on March 2, 2022 by mondomolly

A number of ABC’s Afterschool Specials (and CBS’s School Break Specials and NBC’s Special Treat) have been made available on YouTube; while usually associated with heavy-handed renderings of TEEN ISSUES (DRUGS! DRINKING! SHOPLIFTING! CULTS! ALL THE GREATEST HITS!) a number of these specials adapted contemporary … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Endless Love By Scott Spencer

Posted on October 11, 2021 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2021 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the second selection, Endless Love By Scott Spencer)  Starting with a peak behind the blog-curtain: one of the more popular … Continue reading →

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Too Much In Love By Patty Brisco

Posted on May 5, 2017 by mondomolly

Then Holly tells Jeff that she’s going to have a baby… Most of romance writer Patricia Matthews credits under the pen name Patty Brisco appear to be in the Gothic and Mystery genres- this contemporary YA Romance/social problem novel for … Continue reading →

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Up In Seth’s Room By Norma Fox Mazer

Posted on November 22, 2016 by mondomolly

How can she convince him to wait until they are both ready? Norma Mazer (arguably the more famous half of the YA Mazers) output was at its height during the 1970s and 80s, primetime for dealing with sex, drugs, terrible parents … Continue reading →

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Secrets Of The Shopping Mall By Richard Peck

Posted on March 20, 2015 by mondomolly

Paradise Park takes them in- in more ways than one. Hiding out at the library too academic? Richard Peck takes a tip from George Romero and suggests an alternative! The Plot: Scrappy 8th graders Teresa and Barnie attract the unwanted … Continue reading →

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HELP! I’m A Prisoner In The Library! By Eth Clifford

Posted on March 12, 2015 by mondomolly

They didn’t mean to spend the night in the library! Sure, suuuuure you didn’t… The Plot: It’s hard to beat Eth Clifford’s (AKA Ethel Clifford Rosenberg) set-up for childhood wish fulfillment: tweenage Mary Rose and Jo-Beth Onetree are entrusted to the … Continue reading →

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Jay’s Journal By Anonymous

Posted on March 5, 2015 by mondomolly

Helplessly fascinated, he plunged into a world of Ouija boards and witchcraft, animal sacrifices and Satanism… into a black abyss from which there seemed no escape. Man, some days you just hit the jackpot when it comes to the Teen … Continue reading →

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Secrets By Nancy J. Hopper

Posted on January 15, 2015 by mondomolly

Everyone at Missarthur School thought that Lenore James was a loony, and she encouraged them to think it- most of the time. The (fairly good) pulp cover of this Weekly Reader paperback belies the content: although the YA Thriller plot … Continue reading →

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My First Love & Other Disasters By Francine Pascal

Posted on May 21, 2014 by mondomolly

It’s not easy to be fifteen and in love- especially if the boy you love is seventeen, gorgeous and doesn’t know you exist! Francine Pascal has made her fortune as the writer-behind-the-ghost for adolescent touchstones such as the Caitlin mega-miniseries … Continue reading →

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Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario By Daniel M. Pinkwater

Posted on April 15, 2014 by mondomolly

This is about the time I lived for two weeks in a motel in Rochester, New York, with my Uncle Mel, and what happened to me while I was there. Background: Daniel Pinkwater’s 1970s work tends toward the surreal, featuring … Continue reading →

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