Tag Archives: Title F

Fat Jack By Barbara Cohen

Posted on April 7, 2022 by mondomolly

“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 →

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The Forest Fire Mystery (Wilderness Mystery #6) By Troy Nesbit

Posted on September 27, 2021 by mondomolly

“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 →

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The Fourth Grade Wizards By Barthe De Clements

Posted on September 22, 2020 by mondomolly

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 →

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Flips-ville/Squares-ville By Stan and Jan Berenstain

Posted on May 30, 2020 by mondomolly

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 →

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Freshman Christmas By Linda A. Cooney

Posted on December 15, 2019 by mondomolly

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 →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: A Long Fatal Love Chase By Louisa May Alcott

Posted on November 3, 2019 by mondomolly

(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 →

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Fast Times At Ridgemont High: A True Story By Cameron Crowe

Posted on September 30, 2019 by mondomolly

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 →

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Going To Camp Part 1: Fireworks (First Love From Silhouette #101) By Elaine Harper

Posted on July 2, 2019 by mondomolly

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 →

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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown By Sylvia Tate

Posted on October 3, 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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A Family Failing By Honor Arundel

Posted on February 5, 2015 by mondomolly

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 →

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