Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading
Remember that book you read at that time in your life when everything seemed to be going crazy—the one book that brought the world into focus and helped soothe your raging teenage angst?
Remember that book you read at that time in your life when everything seemed to be going crazy—the one book that brought the world into focus and helped soothe your raging teenage angst?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061756351 (0061756350)
Publish date: June 1st 2009
Publisher: Avon Books
Pages no: 424
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Language,
Books About Books,
Adult,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
An incredibly charming book! Not having grown up in an English speaking country, I'd read depressingly few of the books mentioned (only 18 in total, actually), but I have my own list of Teen Classics I've Never Stopped Reading, so though I might not recognize the exact books Lizzie Skurnick referenc...
This book brought back memories of tons of books I loved growing up in the 70's-80's. Anyone who loves Madeleine L'Engle as much as I did rocks!! This is a must read for girls born between 1960-1970.
This book brought back memories of tons of books I loved growing up in the 70's-80's. Anyone who loves Madeleine L'Engle as much as I did rocks!! This is a must read for girls born between 1960-1970.
This is not deep literary analysis of young adult literature. It is an entertaining look at many of the books tweens and teens read before (ok, way before) vampires returned to pop culture.I admit that I skimmed through some of the essays about books that I didn't read the first time around, but I ...
It's been too long since I've started reading a book within a day or two of buying it, but I couldn't wait to dive into this one. However, let me get a quibble out of the way first: the subtitle of this book, "The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading," is using a very loose interpretation of "teen...