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Tag Archives: Career
Hawaiian Christmas (Super Seniors #2) By Eileen Goudge
An island reunion of romance, surf and sun! The cover is telling: this book is just as busy and confusing yet generic as the graphic design choices. I had to defer to the folks at Fantastic Fiction over how to … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1986, Author G, Career, Christmas, College, Dell, Romance, Title H
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Nurses Three: On Call For Trouble (#4) By Jean Kirby
Why is Linda so angry? What can I do to help? Another week in October, another Whitman girls’ series by Jean Kirby, AKA Jinny McDonnell AKA Virginia Bleecher McDonnell. Background: I’ve noted before the reasons for the enduring popularity of Nursing as profession for YA heroines, so it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1964, Author K, Career, Girls Series, Mystery, Nurse, Nurses Three, Title O, Whitman
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Emily (Sunfire Romance #11) By Candice F. Ransom
Born to enormous wealth, she longed for something that money couldn’t buy… Background: Scholastic’s Sunfire series is a cautionary tale about judging a YA Romance by its cover. Lurking behind the overheated cover art and melodramatic taglines are some of the best stories … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1985, Author R, Career, Historical, New York, Nurse, Romance, Scholastic, Sunfire, Title E
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Nurses Three: A Very Special Girl (#3) By Jean Kirby
She had not expected to find romance on this assignment – but then, almost everything at the Indian Services Hospital had come as a surprise… And we finish off the fall with another Whitman girls’ series by Jean Kirby, AKA Jinny McDonnell AKA Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1963, Author K, Career, Girls Series, Mystery, Nurse, Nurses Three, Title S, Whitman
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It’s Not What You Expect By Norma Klein
Suddenly, summer becomes a time of self-discovery… Norma Klein is best known for her controversy-courting YA novels of the 1970s; in books like Angel Face and Love is One of the Choices, the teenaged protagonists deal regularly with drugs, sex, … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1974, Abortion, Author K, Avon, Career, High School, Parents, Teen Pregnancy, Title I
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Karen Simms, Private Secretary By Bernard and Marjorie Palmer
“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
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1963, Author P, Bernard & Marjorie Palmer, Career, Moody Press, Religion, Title K
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Nurses Three: A Career For Kelly (#1) By Jean Kirby
Shy, sensitive Kelly found herself fighting for everything she had ever believed in… Our annual round-up of Whitman Girls Series chugs right along this week with a favorite author… IN DISGUISE! Background: I’ve noted before the reasons for the enduring … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1963, Author K, Career, Girls Series, Mystery, Nurse, Nurses Three, Romance, Title C, Whitman
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Robin West: Nurse’s Aide By Louise Christopher
The pretty nurse’s aide becomes involved in the strange life of a beautiful debutante… It’s easy to see why nurse books were so popular amongst young, female readers of the 20th century: nurses got to actually do things: live away … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1963, Author C, Career, Dell, Mystery, Nurse, Romance, Title R
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Hollywood Daughters #3: Encore By Joan Lowery Nixon
Erin Jenkins, teen star, feels closer to her show-biz parents than to her real ones, who don’t approve of her television career… Background: The first volume of the Hollywood Daughters series dealt with former child star Abby “Cookie” Baynes and her … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1990, Author N, Bantam, Career, Girls Series, Historical, Hollywood Daughters, Romance, Title E
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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Love Boats By Jeraldine Saunders
(Click here for information on the 2016 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This month, the August selection, Jeraldine Saunders’s The Love Boats.) I was somewhat reticent to get into another swingin’ travel industry expose, after … Continue reading
Posted in Non-YA Fiction
Tagged 1974, Author S, Career, Imaginary Summer Book Club, Memoir, Pinnacle Books, Title L
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