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Tag Archives: Title F
Fat Jack By Barbara Cohen
“A person never gets over high school, Judy.” I’ve written before about my general impression of YA fiction moving from topical issues based on shock value in the 1970s (Drugs! Cults! Satan!) and into more internal crises of the characters … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1980, Atheneum, Author C, Family, Fat, Gay, High School, Title F, Topical Issues
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The Forest Fire Mystery (Wilderness Mystery #6) By Troy Nesbit
“GET OUT! GET OFF THE MOUNTAIN!” Usually, fall means a look at the “girls’ series” published by Whitman in the 1940s through the 1970s: those thick, cellophane-clad hardcovers featuring teen girls sleuthing around Westchester County or California’s Bay Area. And … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1962, Adventure, Author N, Boys Series, Title F, Whitman
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The Fourth Grade Wizards By Barthe De Clements
Jack and Marianne are always in trouble. So how can they become fourth grade wizards? Back to school! Appropriately late this year, but with a cast of characters who have been really familiar to me and this blog over the … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1988, Author D, Back to School, Death, Parents, Puffin, Title F, Topical Issues
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Flips-ville/Squares-ville By Stan and Jan Berenstain
A Hilarious New Concept in Humor Last week (actually 3 weeks ago because WHAT IS TIME???) we looked at one of the oddball teen-oriented projects of the legendary Charles Schulz, who, despite his success in writing from a child’s point … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1965, Author B, Dell, Family, Humor, Parents, Title F, Topical Issues
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Freshman Christmas By Linda A. Cooney
Skiing snowmen in a frosty Montana playground! While the back cover proclaims this as part of THE HIT SERIES! I wonder exactly how big a hit this series was: I have never come across any fond remembrances of it, although … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1992, Author C, Christmas, College, Friendship, Harper Paperbacks, Romance, Title F, Twins
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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: A Long Fatal Love Chase By Louisa May Alcott
(Click here for information on the 2019 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the August selection, Louisa May Alcott’s postumously-published A Long Fatal Love Chase.) Like her most famous literary creation, Little … Continue reading
Posted in Non-YA Fiction
Tagged 1866, 1995, Adventure, Author A, Gothic, Imaginary Summer Book Club, Random House, Thriller, Title F
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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 1: Fireworks (First Love From Silhouette #101) By Elaine Harper
Patti was a serious student; Spencer was an irresponsible playboy! Background: Is it a major holiday? You can bet that Elaine Harper and First Love From Silhouette have got us covered with another appropriately-themed teen romance set in the northern California … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1984, Author H, Blossom Valley, First Love, Girls Series, Romance, Silhouette, Summer Camp, Title F
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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown By Sylvia Tate
(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
Posted in Non-YA Fiction
Tagged 1956, 1957, Author T, Director T, Harper & Brothers, Hollywood, Imaginary Summer Book Club, Kidnapping, Romance, Sex, Title F
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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
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1972, Author A, Divorce, High School, Parents, Scholastic, Scotland, Title F, Topical Issues
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