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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Burning Bed By Faith McNulty

Posted on August 29, 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 first selection The Burning Bed By Faith McNulty) Is it a sign of the times that we’re finally … Continue reading →

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Just The Beginning By Betty Miles

Posted on February 22, 2021 by mondomolly

Three hundred and sixty-five days a year for thirteen years makes about five thousand days. And this one is the worst of all… Background: This will be the third time author Betty Miles work has been featured here, most memorably in … Continue reading →

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When The Phone Rang By Harry Mazer

Posted on January 20, 2019 by mondomolly

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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Donna Parker Takes A Giant Step (#7) By Marcia Martin

Posted on September 19, 2018 by mondomolly

“Senior high!” she whispered. “Can you really believe it? We’ll actually be in tenth grade, going to Summerfield Senior High School!” Back to school! Let’s double down with a good attitude cautionary tale wacky scheme inspirational message epic wish-fulfillment fantasy  slightly anachronistic feminist career romance Eh, … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 15, 2018 by mondomolly

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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Donna Parker: Mystery at Arawak (#6) By Marcia Martin

Posted on October 22, 2017 by mondomolly

She really hadn’t meant to pry, but why did Helene seem so terribly upset and worried? What could be in the letters that was so important, and so private? She acted almost as though it were a matter of life … Continue reading →

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Barbie and Ken By Cynthia Lawrence and Bette Lou Maybee

Posted on July 28, 2017 by mondomolly

How these popular high school classmates solve their dilemmas makes for many hours of entertaining reading! Upon her introduction in 1959, Mattel’s Barbie doll was intended to be something of a blank slate: a glamorous avatar on which girls could … Continue reading →

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Looking On By Betty Miles

Posted on March 24, 2017 by mondomolly

There has to more to her life than just looking on… This week’s book strikes me as a sort that isn’t written any more: a coming-of-age story in which not much really happens. In this case the most dramatic thing … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Love By Kathryn Makris

Posted on February 3, 2017 by mondomolly

He’s the only one she wants. Desperately in search of some light reading, this nonetheless turned out to be a weirdly timely choice: the issue of the economic interdependence of the U.S. and Mexico backgrounds this rather low-stakes teen romance. … 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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