Secret Identity – Joanna Campbell – 1982Ģ3. All’s Fair in Love – Jeanne Andrews – 1982Ģ2. The Popularity Summer – Rosemary Harkin – 1982Ģ1. Ten-Boy Summer – Janet Quin-Harkin – 1982Ģ0. How Do You Say Goodbye – Margaret Burman- 1982ġ8. Thinking of You – Jeanette Noble- 1982ġ6. The Summer Jenny Fell in Love – Barbara Conklin – 1982ġ5. The Night of the Prom – Debra Spector – 1982ġ3. The Problem with Love – Rosemary Vernon- 1982ġ2. The Thoroughbred – Joanna Campbell – 1981ġ0. California Girl – Janet Quin-Harkin – 1981Ĩ.
Princess Amy – Melinda Pollowitz – 1981Ħ. The Popularity Plan – Rosemary Vernon – 1981Ĥ. Put out by Bantam in 1981 and folded by 1995.ġ. The authors maintained a tone that was always upbeat and often funny. The series offered vibrant, predicable, but often fun romances. There were also the timeless themes which included: the quest for popularity, the heroine trying to choose between two very different boys, and whether to throw a game, contest or competition for her man. Plots included: mock marriages for school, computer pen pals, sharing a locker with a dream boy, posing as a fake twin for popularity, and a whole whack of 80’s working girl themes: girls – starting their own thrift store, becoming a construction worker, starting a catering business, etc. The stories featured average girl heroines in interesting settings and themes: a wilderness camp, Australia, Hawaii, a luxury cruise ship, England, dude ranch, an exclusive country club, a hospital, a hockey arena.
The romances were lightweight, usually featuring - dances, picnics, first kisses and nothing more problematic than the heroine trying to get a boy (she admired) to notice her and/or keep him interested.
The stories ran from 1981 – 1995 and featured a bevy of wonderful reoccurring authors. Similarly they featured covers with pretty teens posing like fashion models in colorful clothes, most often alone but on a few rare covers paired up with a boy or another girl to add some visual interest. They were the Grand-daddy of all teen romance, more popular than First Love From Silhouette, certainly longer lasting but the fad of thematic romances didn’t stem from them – they were following the likes of Wishing Star and Wildfire. While boys collected bubble gum cards girls collected and traded Sweet Dreams novels – they were everywhere! You could spin any wire book-rack in any library, you could go into any shop, browse any girlie white hutch over a desk and find at least two or three selections to add to your cache. ****Check out the Ultimate series pages by clicking onto highlighted series title!*** It’s a work in progress so not every series is ready yet, Hope you enjoy!*** WILDFIRE And WISHING STAR Ultimate pages click the Links!
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