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Tag Archives: Author D
I Never Asked You To Understand Me By Barthe DeClements
Stacy didn’t look like a reject, and I didn’t think I did either. We were just having too hard a time… I have reviewed a number of Barthe DeClements’s books over the past few years, starting with the not-quite-Lost Classic … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1986, Author D, Child Abuse, Drugs, High School, Parents, Point, Sex, Title I, Topical Issues
1 Comment
The Fourth Grade Wizards By Barthe De Clements
Jack and Marianne are always in trouble. So how can they become fourth grade wizards? Back to school! Appropriately late this year, but with a cast of characters who have been really familiar to me and this blog over the … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1988, Author D, Back to School, Death, Parents, Puffin, Title F, Topical Issues
7 Comments
This Place Has No Atmosphere By Paula Danziger
In the year 2057, zits and cliques are still around, but people live in malls, take classes in ESP, and get detention from robots! Paula Danziger is best remembered for The Cat Ate My Gym Suit, a bright and funny book about … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1986, Author D, Humor, Parents, Putnam, Reader Request, Romance, Sci-Fi, Title T
11 Comments
Seventeen & In-Between By Barthe DeClements
At seventeen, things aren’t so simple anymore… I got a number of requests for the final book in DeClements’s series featuring Elsie Edwards, as she evolves from gross 5th grade pariah to a beautiful but emotionally scarred high school student … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1984, Author D, High School, Parents, Point, Reader Request, Sex, Title S, Topical Issues
12 Comments
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
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1974, Author D, Back to School, Dell, Friendship, Gothic, High School, Lois Duncan, Thriller, Title D
8 Comments
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
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1983, Author D, Divorce, High School, Parents, Point, Romance, Title H
10 Comments
Summer of Fear By Lois Duncan
Rachel’s not jealous of her cousin. But she is afraid. Like many readers, I was saddened to hear about the sudden death of Lois Duncan last week, at the age of 82. Best known for her YA thrillers, she was … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1976, Author D, Coming of Age, Death, Laurel-Leaf, Lois Duncan, Mystery, Parents, Summer, Thriller, Title S
10 Comments
Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Rebecca By Daphne du Maurier
(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
Posted in Movies, Non-YA Fiction
Tagged 1938, 1940, Author D, Director H, Imaginary Summer Book Club, Title R
2 Comments
Ransom By Lois Duncan
Five students kidnapped, four families torn apart. Lois Duncan is best known for her YA thrillers that involve a supernatural twist, such as telepathy or psychic intuition or witchcraft. However, her earliest YA works are straightforward suspense and mystery titles … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged Author D, Dell, Divorce, High School, Kidnapping, Lois Duncan, Parents, Thriller, Title R
12 Comments