Tag Archives: New York

The Truth About Mary Rose By Marilyn Sachs

Posted on March 19, 2023 by mondomolly

Was Aunt Mary Rose really a hero? Or has Mary Rose been living up to a lie? Background: Marilyn Sachs is best known for a number of interconnected middle-reader books set in a pre-Robert Moses South Bronx in the early … Continue reading →

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Emily (Sunfire Romance #11) By Candice F. Ransom

Posted on January 31, 2021 by mondomolly

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 →

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Junior Miss By Sally Benson

Posted on July 29, 2018 by mondomolly

Judy is every teen-age girl. She personifies the realities and the fantasies of the in-between years, the joys and heartaches of growing up. Background: I was unaware of the pedigree of this book when I went looking for something older (chronologically … Continue reading →

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Three Decades of Short Fiction from SEVENTEEN Magazine

Posted on July 8, 2018 by mondomolly

Like its older sisters in the field of mass-market women’s magazines (everything from Cosmopolitan to Woman’s Day) Seventeen featured a great deal of short fiction in its pages from its debut in 1944. Some of these were reprinted in anthologies, … Continue reading →

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Amy Moves In By Marilyn Sachs

Posted on April 22, 2018 by mondomolly

“They’re laughing at me, those stupid girls. I hate them!” Amy decides. I often point out how a good YA historical never fails to address the disease and death that lurk around every corner in the 19th century… but even … Continue reading →

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My Darling, My Hamburger By Paul Zindel

Posted on March 9, 2018 by mondomolly

Senior year isn’t the end of high school- it’s the beginning of Life! This week’s reader request comes from literally my oldest friend, who sent me an Instragam  screen shot with the caption HAVE YOU SEEN THIS???? (LOL OF COURSE!!!!) … Continue reading →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Haywire By Brooke Hayward

Posted on September 7, 2017 by mondomolly

(Click here for information on the 2017 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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Steffie Can’t Come Out To Play By Fran Arrick

Posted on May 19, 2017 by mondomolly

To meet a man like Favor on her very first day in New York City… Runaway teen stories if this era can be numbingly repetitive- when 14 year old Stephanie Rudd explains that’s she ditching her terrible family and terrible … Continue reading →

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The Secret In Miranda’s Closet By Sheila Greenwald

Posted on August 26, 2016 by mondomolly

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 →

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The Brady Bunch In The New York Mystery By Jack Matcha

Posted on May 20, 2016 by mondomolly

Don’t miss this exciting, thrill-filled Brady Bunch full-length paperback written especially for Tiger Beat readers by Hollywood mystery writer, Jack Matcha. I am notoriously bad at solving mysteries. Even as an adult, I’d get to the dénouement of the average Trixie Belden … Continue reading →

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