Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction

For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun.

Those pink covers. That flimsy paper. The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the '80s and '90s--short, cheap, and utterly adored.

In Paperback Crush, author Gabrielle Moss explores the history of this genre with affection and humor, highlighting the best-known series along with their many diverse knockoffs. From friendship clubs and school newspapers to pesky siblings and glamorous beauty queens, these stories feature girl protagonists in all their glory. Journey back to your younger days, a time of girl power nourished by sustained silent reading. Let Paperback Crush lead you on a visual tour of nostalgia-inducing book covers from the library stacks of the past.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Quirk Books
Published: 10/30/2018
ISBN: 9781683690788
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.00w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 59
Booklist 09/15/2018 pg. 13
School Library Journal 10/01/2018 pg. 95
Foreword 10/26/2018
Shelf Awareness 11/06/2018
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2018 pg. 189