Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate
10 best books like Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate (Ellen Conford): The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel), Saturday, the Twelfth of October, The Against Taffy Sinclair Club, Love Is One of the Choices, Look Through My Window, The Grounding of Group 6, If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?, Waiting Games, Secrets of the Shopping Mall, There's a Bat in Bunk Five
| Author | Ellen Raskin |
| ISBN | 0140329455 |
When Mrs. Leon Carillon sets off to meet the husband she hasn't seen since he was five, she doesn't know what to expect. She certainly doesn't bargain for the storm that knocks their boat overboard, or the fact that her husband will disappear, leaving only one very waterlogged clue. She also doesn't know...
| Author | Norma Fox Mazer |
| ISBN | 0440995922 |
This was one of my favorite books as a kid. Was thrilled to discover it is still a good book when I read it as an adult. Zan, the protagonist, is transported back in time to a (presumed) prehistoric tribe. Zan's time with these people is a well written comming of age story. We never do learn who exactly the tribe...
| Author | Betsy Haynes |
| ISBN | 0553154133 |
Betsy Haynes treads on the heels of Judy Blume and Paula Danziger for this one. Jana Morgan a neurotic , over dramatic preteen leads a club against a snooty, beautiful classmate Taffy ( which we’re never quite sure is ever justified. ) When Taffy develops you-know-whats that’s the last straw. The...
| Author | Norma Klein |
| ISBN | 0449702731 |
WHEN YOU'RE NEITHER A GIRL NOR A WOMAN...
Maggie and Caroline are both seniors in high school and suddenly everything that seemed simple has become complicated. Thinking about sex, wondering about college, planning for careers -- there are so many choices.
Maggie is brilliant and very...
| Author | Jean Little |
| ISBN | 0060239247 |
From "Essential Reading: From a Child's Point of View" by Literary Mama staff:
To round out our list, "Birthing the Mother Writer" columnist Cassie Premo Steele gives us a selection that both a literary mama and her literary child can enjoy: "One of my favorite books as a kid was Jean Little's...
YA was hardcore in 1983, yo. I bought my original copy of The Grounding of Group Six at Barnes and Noble in Boston when I was 10 – the huge one on Boylston that looked like a half-melted White House, and I’m not going to lie to you: I bought it because of the cover.
In fact, before I even get into the...
| Author | M.E. Kerr |
| ISBN | 0064470326 |
Although this book was first published in 1973, I hadn't heard of or read it until now in 2014. It's about a popular high school teenage boy who trashes the new kid at school because he threatens his popularity. At home, Alan lives with his mom and grandfather, while his estranged father tries to become...
| Author | Carole Hart |
| ISBN | 0380790122 |
Okay, so I went back into the trunk after reading Sooner or Later again, I had to continue the story of Jessie and Michael.
Jessie's parents now know about Michael and the age difference and have a plan to take her away on vacation in the summer - away from Michael. In the meantime, Michael is being pulled...
| Author | Richard Peck |
| ISBN | 0440402700 |
Trying to escape the vicious King Kobra gang and a troubled life at home, eighth graders Barnie and Teresa flee the city. With only four dollars between them, they hop a bus, hoping to find a new life at the end of the line. Destination: Paradise Park. But Paradise Park turns out to be a cement-covered suburban...
| Author | Paula Danziger |
| ISBN | 0142406813 |
In this book I think the author wants us to know that Marcy is a girl who doesn't really fit in with most people because of how she looks. Also Marcy and her father don't have a good connection.But when she goes to this special writing camp to be a counselor, her life just turns so much better. I think the author...
| Author | Ellen Emerson White |
| ISBN | 0590446282 |
Beverly can’t have friends. If she does, she might destroy them.
She knows this. After last year.
Everyone else knows it too.
Except Derek.
Derek is weird.
She pushes. And he . . . gets closer.
Which isn’t the plan.
There isn’t a plan. Beverly isn’t allowed to plan....
| Author | Willo Davis Roberts |
| ISBN | 0689806574 |
From the moment she set eyes on the three Foster kids, Darcy knew being their baby-sitter would be no picnic. But the pay was twice her usual rate, and the job was only for a few hours a day - surely an experienced baby-sitter like her could handle it.
But Darcy hadn't counted on the mysterious things...
| Author | Francine Pascal |
| ISBN | 0553247166 |
Caitlin won't wait for him to love her. Caitlin. Beautiful. Dazzling. Charming. Rich. And very, very clever. To everyone at her exclusive Virginia boarding school, she seems to have it all. But there is a secret need that haunts her life. A need for love. And only one boy can make her forget her unhappy...
