Each week we will post a characteristic and choose 5 of our favorite cover’s with that characteristic. If you want to join in and share your 5 favorite covers with the weeks particular characteristic, then just make a post, grab the meme picture (or make your own) and leave your URL in Linky (so we can visit).This weeks theme is School Lockers!
I dug a bit into my own YA past for these (and beyond!, because technically I was a teen in the 90's and I read most of these in the 80's).
Five Covers featuring School Lockers:
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
by Paula Danziger
So much love for this book, because I was a fat kid too. And I swear, hardly anyone else was fat in the 1980s!
Have a Heart, Cupid Delaney
by Ellen Leroe
I loved, loved, loved this book. Still do. I've re-read it a million times.
True story.
Broken Hearts
by R.L. Stine
I can't tell you how much fun 7th grade was for me, because that's when I discovered the Fear Street novels.
Cheerleaders #2 Getting Even
by Christopher Pike
Yes, that Christopher Pike. ;)
I used to read everything by my favorite authors, and I tracked this book down like it was a nazi war criminal- I had to use my high school's inter-library loan system. And then I had to give the book back! I think I actually bought my own copy off ebay or Paperback Swap, but although it's written by Pike it's part of a series and his signature style and characters just aren't there. Still, it's a Pike book!
How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues?
by Barthe DeClements
I loved this series (Elsie used to be fat in Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade) when I was a tween! And I may be remembering this wrong, but I think the last book, Seventeen and In-Between, actually mentioned sex. But I could be wrong, since YA in the 80's steered pretty clear of that topic.
+JMJ+
ReplyDeleteThose are some great retro covers! =D I think Broken Hearts is my favourite because you can see how the locker serves the story, too. =)
I never read the Cheerleaders Christopher Pike book, I didn't even know it existed until you came around. (If it's any consolation, I freaking loved the Cheerleaders series by RL Stine.)
ReplyDeleteI love that you went retro for this!
Man, I miss books having covers like that.
ReplyDeleteI'm laaughing so hard at this. does this meme happen on a certain day? or whenever during the week?????????
ReplyDeleteAhhhh, it's Cupid Delaney! That brings back memories.
ReplyDeleteI love that your were from the 80's and 90's. Great picks! I bet Sweet Valley has some locker covers too. This is a great meme though, I may have to join in when I get home!
ReplyDeleteOMG I just love all the old covers! Awesome :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating :)