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Paperback crush : the totally radical history of '80s and '90s teen fiction / by Gabrielle Moss.
TITLE:
Paperback crush : the totally radical history of '80s and '90s teen fiction / by Gabrielle Moss.
Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
Philadelphia, Pa. : Quirk Books,
Physical Description:
255 p. : col. ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 244) and index.
Summary:
Every twenty- or thirty-something woman knows these books. The pink covers, the flimsy paper, the zillion volumes in the series that kept you reading for your entire adolescence. Spurred by the commercial success of Sweet Valley High and The Babysitters Club, these were not the serious-issue YA novels of the 1970s, nor were they the blockbuster books of the Harry Potter and Twilight ilk. They were cheap, short, and utterly beloved. Paperback crush dives in deep to this golden age with affection, history, and a little bit of snark.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781683690788