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Tag Archives: Title C
Cute Is A Four-Letter Word By Stella Pevsner
You are about to witness… The Year of the Clara! I wasn’t very impressed by Stella Pevsner’s Call Me Heller, That’s My Name, a pretty generic coming of age story about a tomboy becoming a young lady in the roaring … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1980, Archway, Author P, Cheerleading, Family, Sports, Title C
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The Christmas Killer By Patricia Windsor
She’s dreaming of a dead Christmas… I didn’t think much of Patricia Windor’s Seventeen short story about a teenage girl deciding not to pursue an affair with an older man, but Christmas-themed YAs are getting to be slim pickings… The Plot: …So … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1991, Author W, Horror, Murder, Mystery, Point, Scholastic, Supernatural, Thriller, Title C
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Nurses Three: A Career For Kelly (#1) By Jean Kirby
Shy, sensitive Kelly found herself fighting for everything she had ever believed in… Our annual round-up of Whitman Girls Series chugs right along this week with a favorite author… IN DISGUISE! Background: I’ve noted before the reasons for the enduring … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1963, Author K, Career, Girls Series, Mystery, Nurse, Nurses Three, Romance, Title C, Whitman
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Crash Club By Henry Gregor Felsen
His answer to Outlaw’s bid for power was a new kind of hot rod club- he called it CRASH CLUB! Background: Henry Felsen began his career writing military adventure stories for juvenile readers during World War II, but earned his … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1958, Author F, Bantam Pathfinder, Car Culture, High School, Juvenile Delinquency, Parents, Reader Request, Title C, Topical Issues
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Movie Madness and/or Mania: The Cry Baby Killer (Jus Addis, 1958)
I say this even as a devotee of 1950s JD movies: there is only one reason to see this one, and that is for a glimpse of a scrawny 20 year old Jack Nicholson, a decade before Easy Rider, before … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged 1958, Allied Artists, Director A, Juvenile Delinquency, Roger Corman, Title C
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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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Cher! By Vicki Pellegrino
The child bride turned vamp! Unlike the last week’s quickie celebrity biography, in which the subject had not yet done much of note, the author here has to contend with a subject that might just be (GASP!) washed up. With … Continue reading
The Changeover By Margaret Mahy
He offers her life, death or the supernatural- but the choice she makes must be her own. Regular readers know that I love the dissonance between a book’s cover art and the actual content. Clearly, Point (Scholastic) is trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged Author M, Divorce, High School, New Zealand, Parents, Point, Romance, Scholastic, Supernatural, Title C, Witch
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Call Me Heller, That’s My Name By Stella Pevsner
Don’t dare her to do anything– unless you really mean it- because she’ll do it! This is one of those cases of the 1920s being particularly ill-served by YA historical fiction. Unless it is written by people who actually lived … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1920s, 1973, Archway, Author P, Coming of Age, Historical, Humor, Title C, Twins
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