Tag Archives: Mental Health

Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Endless Love By Scott Spencer

Posted on October 11, 2021 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2021 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature.  This week, the second selection, Endless Love By Scott Spencer)  Starting with a peak behind the blog-curtain: one of the more popular … Continue reading →

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Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night By Joanna Lee and T.S. Cook

Posted on May 18, 2021 by mondomolly

Rowena Harper is a rich, spoiled, and emotionally disturbed young mother who can’t cope with the problems of raising her child. That’s why…. I mentioned this title in passing in the review for Willo Davis Roberts’s Don’t Hurt Laurie, but … Continue reading →

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Kessa By Steven Levenkron

Posted on April 12, 2021 by mondomolly

Kessa… Now she is out of the hospital, but the most difficult part of her journey has just begun. A few weeks ago we revisited The Best Little Girl in the World, Steven Levenkron’s 1978 classic about a rich white … Continue reading →

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The Best Little Girl In The World By Steven Levenkron

Posted on March 21, 2021 by mondomolly

The idea came to her with a flash of excitement. Francesca was fat. Francesca was dead. I feel like this is one of those titles that for a couple of decades was as widely-known and widely-read as Are You There … Continue reading →

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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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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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Love Is Like Peanuts By Betty Bates

Posted on April 10, 2015 by mondomolly

“Who says I’m too young for love?” Just as a public service, I feel like I should warn you the metaphor gets extended to the point where you might go into anaphylactic shock. The Plot: 14 year old Marianne Mandic … Continue reading →

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Secrets By Nancy J. Hopper

Posted on January 15, 2015 by mondomolly

Everyone at Missarthur School thought that Lenore James was a loony, and she encouraged them to think it- most of the time. The (fairly good) pulp cover of this Weekly Reader paperback belies the content: although the YA Thriller plot … Continue reading →

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Since That Party By Inger Brattström

Posted on May 28, 2014 by mondomolly

When it’s all over, Stella knows that nothing can ever be the same again. Not for Stella. Not for Christopher. And certainly not for Nicholas. Poor Nicholas. Oh, if only the plot could live up to the cover Scholastic slapped … Continue reading →

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Sweet Valley High Super Thriller: Murder In Paradise By Francine Pascal

Posted on February 25, 2014 by mondomolly

Join Elizabeth and Jessica at the Paradise Spa for the chill of a lifetime! Could you use a respite after a solid month of teen angst titles? I sure could. I don’t plan on pushing into the 1990s often, but … Continue reading →

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