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Mina By Marie Kiraly
This could not be damnation. But if it was, the fire was far too sweet to resist… As usual October means I will be subjecting friends and family to a schedule of seasonally appropriate movies (I shall forever secretly remain … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1994, Author K, Berkeley Books, Gothic, Horror, Romance, Title M
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Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night By Joanna Lee and T.S. Cook
Rowena Harper is a rich, spoiled, and emotionally disturbed young mother who can’t cope with the problems of raising her child. That’s why…. I mentioned this title in passing in the review for Willo Davis Roberts’s Don’t Hurt Laurie, but … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1977, Author C, Author L, Child Abuse, Mental Health, Movies, Novelization, Signet, Title M, Topical Issues
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Robin Kane (#3): The Mystery Of Glengary Castle By Eileen Hill
“Heavens, so many things to worry about. I don’t want to tell Mom and Dad any of it. They’ll tell me to go to the Police. We don’t want to to that. Not yet anyway…” Striving for some semblance of … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1967, Author H, Girls Series, Mystery, Robin Kane, Title M, Whitman
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Checking In With The Imaginary Summer Book Club: My Face For The World To See By Liz Renay
(Click here for information on the 2020 edition of Molly’s Imaginary Summer Book Club Featuring Classics of Women’s Literature. This week, the July selection, My Face for the World to See By Liz Renay.) When I announced this title, I … Continue reading
My So-Called Life: A Novel Based In The Award-Winning Television Series By Catherine Clark
Less than perfect… I realize I am about to alienate myself from my entire generational cohort, but: I never cared for ABC’s acclaimed, award-winning, Claire Danes-and-Jared Leto-star-making, abruptly canceled, fondly remembered “My So-Called Life”. Aggressively marketed at the time as … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1995, Author C, Friendship, High School, Novelization, Random House, Title M
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Mother, Where Are You? (Donna Rockford #1) By Dorothy Woolfolk
Who is Janet’s mother? And why would anyone want to kill them, just because they’re looking for her? I didn’t look up any info on author Dorothy Woolfolk until after I had finished this book and was kind of blown … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1977, Adoption, Author W, College, Donna Rockford, Girls Series, Mystery, Scholastic, Title M
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My Name Is Davy I’m An Alcoholic By Anne Snyder
Davy Kimble didn’t have a friend in the world- until he discovered booze and Maxi… Is it the late 1970s? Then it must be time for yet another social-problem novel about the dangers of (checks notes)… DRINKING! But first can … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1977, Alcoholism, Author S, Death, High School, Signet, Title M, Topical Issues
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Mazes and Monsters By Rona Jaffe
These players… could be anybody’s kids; bright young college students sent out to prepare for life, given the American Dream and rejecting it to live in a fantasy world on invented terrors. Background: Rona Jaffe is best known for her first … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1981, Author J, College, Dell, Romance, Satanic Panic, Title M, Video Games
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Mission: Moonfire By Jack Lancer (Christopher Cool TEEN Agent #2)
The daring TEEN agents’ hunt for Dr. Death and his political plotters plunge Chris and Geronimo into a dangerous chase in an eerie cone-studded volcanic valley which holds a fantastic treasure and a world-terrifying secret! Background: So, it’s been a … Continue reading
Posted in Vintage YA Fiction
Tagged 1967, Author L, Boys Series, Christopher Cool, Cold War, Grosset & Dunlap, Spy Series, Title M
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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
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Tagged 1982, Author A, Gothic, Mystery, Pocket Books, Rape, Sex, Supernatural, Title M, Topical Issues
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