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The Son Of Someone Famous By M.E. Kerr
“MY MOTHER SUSPECTS I AM SLIGHTLY UNNATURAL.” We noted the death of YA giant Marijane Meaker, best known as M.E. Kerr, at the end of last year: as one of the writers at Harper & Row under legendary editor Ursula … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1974, Author K, Family, Gay, Gender, Harper & Row, High School, ME Kerr, Romance, Sex, Signet, Title S, Topical Issues
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Your Happiest Years By Dick Clark
Dick reviews many of the problems that face a teen-ager as he or she moves through these changing years, and suggests ways to make the years happy and profitable… What kind of advice does America’s Oldest Teenager, pictured here as … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Non-Fiction
Tagged 1959, Advice, Author C, High School, Random House, Rosho Corporation, Sex, Title Y
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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: Forever Amber By Kathleen Winsor
(Click here for information on the 2022 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the first selection, Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor) Well, Constant Readers, I vowed to get to our first massive … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Non-YA Fiction
Tagged 1944, Author W, Historical, Imaginary Summer Book Club, Romance, Sex, Title F
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I Never Asked You To Understand Me By Barthe DeClements
Stacy didn’t look like a reject, and I didn’t think I did either. We were just having too hard a time… I have reviewed a number of Barthe DeClements’s books over the past few years, starting with the not-quite-Lost Classic … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1986, Author D, Child Abuse, Drugs, High School, Parents, Point, Sex, Title I, Topical Issues
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Fast Times At Ridgemont High: A True Story By Cameron Crowe
These kids are, uh, the future of America. Back to school! Slightly late, both in that it is the end of September and that Cameron Crowe is doing it uncover at the age of 22. Like Lyn Tornabene before him, … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Non-Fiction
Tagged 1981, Abortion, Author C, Back to School, Drugs, Friendship, High School, Memoir, Sex, Simon & Schuster, Title F
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Going To Camp Part 3: Little Darlings By Sonia Pilcer
The story of two innocent girls in a race not to stay that way! A one-sentence description of the plot (adapted from the screenplay of the notorious 1980 film) belies the sensitivity with which the subject is treated: two girls … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1980, Author P, Ballantine, Coming of Age, Novelization, Sex, Summer Camp, Title L
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You Would If You Loved Me By Nora Stirling
She realized that a lot of other girls would give anything to be in her shoes. ANYTHING. And that was the problem… Background: It’s noted that at the time of the publication of the Avon-Flare edition, this title had “Over 725,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1969, Author S, Avon Flare, High School, Politics, Sex, Title Y, Topical Issues
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Wrapping Up The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The G-String Murders By Gypsy Rose Lee
(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 1941, Author L, Girls Gone Bad, Historical, Imaginary Summer Book Club, Mystery, Romance, Sex, Simon & Schuster, Theater, Title G
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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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My Sweet Audrina By V.C. Andrews
Now she will come face to face with the dangerous, terrifying secret everyone knows. Everyone except My Sweet Audrina. What the hell did I just read? OK, I’ll back it up here a second. Since this blog’s beginnings, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1982, Author A, Gothic, Mystery, Pocket Books, Rape, Sex, Supernatural, Title M, Topical Issues
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