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Sweet Valley High #82: Kidnapped By The Cult! By Francine Pascal

Posted on June 8, 2021 by mondomolly

She was right! Everyone was loved and happy except for her! With a strangled sob, Jessica burst into tears… So far this year, we’ve looked at books dealing with clinical depression, terrible parents, eating disorders, alcoholism and a wide variety … Continue reading →

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Cute Is A Four-Letter Word By Stella Pevsner

Posted on February 10, 2020 by mondomolly

You are about to witness… The Year of the Clara! I wasn’t very impressed by Stella Pevsner’s Call Me Heller, That’s My Name, a pretty generic coming of age story about a tomboy becoming a young lady in the roaring … Continue reading →

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Finding A Dead Body In The Woods Part 1: Dreamland Lake By Richard Peck

Posted on August 12, 2019 by mondomolly

Only when it’s too late do Brian and Flip realize that their search for the truth will change their friendship forever… It’s a short novel about finding a dead body in the woods! It features a group of middle-school boys … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Stella Dallas By Olive Higgins Prouty

Posted on July 24, 2019 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2019 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. For the titles that have filmed adaptations, we will also be looking at the movies as we go along. This week, … Continue reading →

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Going To Camp Part 3: Little Darlings By Sonia Pilcer

Posted on July 17, 2019 by mondomolly

The story of two innocent girls in a race not to stay that way! A one-sentence description of the plot (adapted from the screenplay of the notorious 1980 film) belies the sensitivity with which the subject is treated: two girls … Continue reading →

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Karen Simms, Private Secretary By Bernard and Marjorie Palmer

Posted on February 24, 2019 by mondomolly

“I wanted to get into business where it’s exciting- where things happen.” In the past, I have been pleasantly surprised by the Palmers’ “Career Books” for the Moody Bible Institute, in that they present fairly progressive tales of young women pursuing … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Sheila Levine Is Dead And Living In New York By Gail Parent

Posted on July 24, 2018 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2018 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 →

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Sweet Valley High Super Edition: Special Christmas By Francine Pascal

Posted on December 18, 2017 by mondomolly

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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About David By Susan Beth Pfeffer

Posted on December 2, 2016 by mondomolly

He didn’t think there was any other way… I have not compiled any statistics, but my general impression is that as YA fiction moved out of the 1970s and into the 80s, the subject matter tended less toward shock value … Continue reading →

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Cher! By Vicki Pellegrino

Posted on July 22, 2016 by mondomolly

The child bride turned vamp! Unlike the last week’s quickie celebrity biography, in which the subject had not yet done much of note, the author here has to contend with a subject that might just be (GASP!) washed up. With … Continue reading →

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