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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Red-Headed Woman By Katharine Brush
(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
Posted in Non-YA Fiction
Tagged 1931, Author B, Divorce, Grosset & Dunlap, Humor, Imaginary Summer Book Club, Movies, Sex, Title R
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Camilla By Madeleine L’Engle
Her life is filled with confusion. Will it ever make sense? In the 5+ years of this blog’s existence, this has to rate as the most difficult and frustrating book I’ve had to write about. Not because it isn’t good … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1951, 1965, Author L, Coming of Age, Dell, Divorce, Friendship, Parents, Romance, Title C
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How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues? By Barthe DeClements
Will Elsie be able to accept her (beautiful!) new self? This is the first of two (sadly out-of-print) books following up on the life of Elsie Edwards from Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade, the school fatty with a horrifying mother … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1983, Author D, Divorce, High School, Parents, Point, Romance, Title H
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The Secret In Miranda’s Closet By Sheila Greenwald
With her mother an ardent feminist full of good intentions and nonsexist theories, Miranda’s experience with dolls is practically nil. Background: This is one of those titles with a cult following where the plot seems to be widely mis-remembered 40 years … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1977, Author G, Divorce, Friendship, Gender, Houghton Mifflin, New York, Parents, Title S, Topical Issues
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The Day The Senior Class Got Married By Gloria D. Miklowitz
It’s never been done before! Background: Dell’s Young Love banner was used on both reissues of classic teen romances and originals of questionable merit, but in general the titles tended towards “breezy” and “fun”. So pity the poor teen who picked … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1983, Author M, College, Dell, Divorce, High School, Parents, Title D, Young Love
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Don’t Hurt Laurie! By Willo Davis Roberts
Laurie’s been keeping a secret for as long as she can remember, a secret that she’s afraid to tell anyone else… Willo Davis Roberts was one of the more prolific writers toiling away in the YA/Middle Reader vineyards of the … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1977, Atheneum, Author R, Child Abuse, Divorce, Parents, Title D, Topical Issues, Willo Davis Roberts
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A Family Failing By Honor Arundel
Helplessly, Joanna watches her parents tear themselves and each other apart… So, that cover: clearly Our Heroine has a lot going on here, including an entire parasitic family (sad emasculated dad, bitchy liberated mom, shiftless hippie brother) growing out of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1972, Author A, Divorce, High School, Parents, Scholastic, Scotland, Title F, Topical Issues
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The Runaway’s Diary By Marilyn Harris
Fifteen, almost sixteen, and on the road- to where? Oh, the contradiction of the “Based on a True Story!” story. This book opens with the standard “The characters and situations in this book are wholly fictional… and are not intended … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged Archway, Author H, Divorce, Parents, Runaway, Title R, Topical Issues
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Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989 