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Barbie and Ken By Cynthia Lawrence and Bette Lou Maybee

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

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

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

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

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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Donna Parker In Hollywood (#5) By Marcia Martin

Posted on October 14, 2016 by

“So this is California!” Donna thought. Pools, studios, celebrities, blue skies! And, for a girl on her first trip west, more excitement, more fun than seemed possible. In our second installment of our 2016 Salute To Whitman Hardcovers, we again … Continue reading →

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John Travolta: An Illustrated Biography By Suzanne Munshower

Posted on July 16, 2016 by

TV’s most popular Sweathog and one of today’s most promising actors! Pity the poor celebrity biographer, charged with turning out a quickie mass-market paperback on a star that may turn out to be HUGE, but at the moment is a … Continue reading →

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The Brady Bunch In The New York Mystery By Jack Matcha

Posted on May 20, 2016 by

Don’t miss this exciting, thrill-filled Brady Bunch full-length paperback written especially for Tiger Beat readers by Hollywood mystery writer, Jack Matcha. I am notoriously bad at solving mysteries. Even as an adult, I’d get to the dénouement of the average Trixie Belden … Continue reading →

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