Tag Archives: 1985

How To Find A Husband In 30 Days By Wendy Stehling

Posted on August 24, 2020 by

By the author of the multi-million copy bestseller Thin Thighs in 30 Days… It is my intention to return to our regularly scheduled programing (and on a regular schedule!) in the next few weeks, but I could not resist pulling … 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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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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When The Phone Rang By Harry Mazer

Posted on January 20, 2019 by

How can they survive as a family when there’s nothing left to keep them together? I see Scholastic’s Point imprint and immediately think “Thriller”, possibly with some supernatural content, but a quick click on that tags shows that it also … Continue reading →

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Dawn Of Love #2: Wild Prairie Sky By Cheri Michaels

Posted on April 15, 2018 by

How could she fall in love… with a young man as wild as a mountain lion and as free as the prairie wind? I’m a big fan of Scholastic’s Sunfire series- in which orphaned teenage girls have to choose between … Continue reading →

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Sweet Valley High Super Edition: Special Christmas By Francine Pascal

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

It seems that nothing can spoil Jessica and Elizabeth’s holiday- until Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield announce the arrival of an unwelcome houseguest… Background: Sweet Valley High remains one of the most enduring series of its era, leading to numerous spin-off dealing with … Continue reading →

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Buddies By Barbara Park

Posted on June 30, 2016 by

How could just one person ruin an entire summer vacation? Summer Camp stories usually are usually either given a paramilitary setting, with demerits and saluting and color wars, or just leave the fictional campers completely unsupervised and let them do, … Continue reading →

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The Plot Against The Pom-Pom Queen By Ellen Leroe

Posted on May 13, 2016 by

Then Kelsey discovers Magical Male Grabbers… So, giving a plot overview for this one is going to make it sound so generic that I can’t imagine why anyone would bother even reading the summary: a late bloomer and former-fatty undergoes … Continue reading →

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