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04-23-2024, 09:20 PM | #1 |
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Any highschool teen drama novels similar to movie 'The Last American Virgin' [1982]?
Movie notorious for its gut-punch of an ending. I though it was decent, but wished that it focused more on the drama between the main character, his crush, and his friend instead of the sex comedy stuff (which was okay, but felt it detracted from overall story). Mainly looking for a coming of age high-school drama with an downer ending, love triangles, strained friendships, seedy topics. The older the publication the better.
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I don't think this is quite a match, but check out Mike Sacks' Passable in Pink. It's a novelization of a non-existant movie. A parody of the John Hughes teen movies of the eighties.
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For a recommendation closer to what you are looking for, try The Summer of '42 by Herman Raucher.
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How about Larry McMurtry's The_Last_Picture_Show (1966)
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Or Red_Sky_at_Morning by Richard Bradford (1968)?
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04-29-2024, 12:11 PM | #6 |
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Or, for a girl's perspective, The_Cheerleader by Ruth Doan MacDougall (1973).
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