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Friday 5...Novel Nostalgia

30/9/2011

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It’s Friday, and I fancy a meander down memory lane. Childhood TV keeps getting ruined, so join me for a trashy teenage novel top 5...



1. Sweet Valley High
  Ok yes I know that it was made into a TV show, but no cameras could capture the awesomeness of this pacific-coast high school. These were the ones to read when you were the same age as the protagonists in Sweet Valley Twins, so you could marvel at the glamour! The excitement! Of American teenagers who could drive. Frances Pascal recently released an update, set in modern-day New York, and you can read the first chapter online. In all honesty, the main reason I might buy a kindle is because I want this book but I don’t want to be seen reading it. It’ll be the first thing I download when I do. Shh.

2. Point Horror
More American teenagers, with their shiny hair and ability to drive...  but in these books they get killed and encounter demons. The obvious follow-on for kids dazzled by SVH. Read these recaps  and feel the Proustian rush... 

3. The Babysitter’s Club
What’s the obvious setting for a series of novels exploring coming-of-age issues? Obviously, a club. For babysitters. These books almost tricked me into babysitting regularly, until I remembered I hated dragging screaming toddlers to bed and went back to trying to replicate Claudia’s outfits instead. Wondering what they’re doing now? 

4. Goosebumps
RL Stein wrote both Point Horror and Goosebumps books, but these were aimed at a slightly younger audience. At least, I remember less dismembering. Refresh your memory...  

5. Goggle Eyes
Ok, this is only one book and the rest are series, but it defined several years of my life, with the added benefit of being set in a recognisable world.  
I was too young for Judi Blume and Jacqueline Wilson passed me by: I’m from the Anne Fine generation. 

Squeamish Louise
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Squeamish Kate link
29/9/2011 05:49:10 pm

I didn't read any of those, I loved the Anastasia Krupnik books though.

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Really not Squeamish Neil
1/10/2011 01:58:45 am

i was always a choose your own adventure type person

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Louise link
1/10/2011 10:11:50 pm

I loved those! Did you ever do the Famous Five ones where you had to choose items to take with you, and roll dice and things? I remember reading them by torchlight under the duvet after I was supposed to be in bed...

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Really not Squeamish Neil
2/10/2011 08:53:59 pm

Indeed i did, have you seen the adult versions?

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