Tag Archives: Dell

Hawaiian Christmas (Super Seniors #2) By Eileen Goudge

Posted on December 22, 2021 by mondomolly

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 →

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Zanballer By R.R. Knudson

Posted on July 20, 2021 by mondomolly

Originally posted on Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989:
A girl who would rather call the plays than lead the cheers… At the dawn of the Title IX era, fictional girl quarterbacks were briefly all the rage (even Sweet Valley…

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Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! By M.E. Kerr

Posted on February 14, 2021 by mondomolly

Dinky isn’t addicted to heroin, but she does have a big problem… I hadn’t looked at the calendar when I planned this one, so I hope you’re ready for a big Valentine bummer, Constant Readers! Background: “M.E. Kerr” is one of … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The V.I.P.s By Marvin H. Albert

Posted on October 25, 2020 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2020 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the August selection The V.I.P.s by Marvin H. Albert) As I mentioned, I did not realize that this was … Continue reading →

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Flips-ville/Squares-ville By Stan and Jan Berenstain

Posted on May 30, 2020 by mondomolly

A Hilarious New Concept in Humor Last week (actually 3 weeks ago because WHAT IS TIME???) we looked at one of the oddball teen-oriented projects of the legendary Charles Schulz, who, despite his success in writing from a child’s point … Continue reading →

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Sticks And Stones By Lynn Hall

Posted on February 2, 2020 by mondomolly

One word was enough to destroy his life… “Bury your gays” is the trope in fiction which rules that gay characters die (frequently by their own hand) before the end of the story. Especially prevalent until the mid-20th century (when … 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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Sixteen (Short Stories By Outstanding Writers For Young Adults) Edited By Donald R. Gallo

Posted on June 2, 2019 by mondomolly

Their impressions radiate through an emotional prism of hope and hate, love and death, despair and joy… Check out the Murderer’s Row of authors featured in this collection: Joan Aiken, Judie Angell, Robin F. Brancato, Robert Cormier, Diane Duane, Bette … Continue reading →

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Emily’s Runaway Imagination By Beverly Cleary

Posted on April 12, 2019 by mondomolly

When Emily gets an idea, nothing can stop her! Today Beverly Cleary celebrates her 103rd (!!!) birthday, and in tribute we are again looking at one of her early works.  She is best known (do I really need to say … Continue reading →

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Mazes and Monsters By Rona Jaffe

Posted on August 12, 2018 by mondomolly

These players… could be anybody’s kids; bright young college students sent out to prepare for life, given the American Dream and rejecting it to live in a fantasy world on invented terrors. Background: Rona Jaffe is best known for her first … Continue reading →

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