nineteen eighties

"Cassie McDowell's life in 1980s Minnesota seems perfectly wholesome. She lives on a farm, loves school, and has a crush on the nicest boy in class. Yes, there are her parents' strange parties and their parade of deviant guests, but she's grown accustomed to them. All that changes when someone comes hunting in Lilydale. One by one, local boys go missing. One by one, they return changed--violent, moody, and withdrawn. What happened to them becomes the stuff of shocking rumors. The accusations of who's responsible grow just as wild, and dangerous town secrets start to surface. Then Cassie's own sister undergoes the dark change. If she is to survive, Cassie must find her way in an adult world where every sin is justified, and only the truth is unforgivable"--Provided by publisher.

It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first African American Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.

"Mike, Lucas, and Will bond with Dustin for the first time over [Dungeons & Dragons], the game that would define their childhood"--Provided by publisher.

"Mike, Lucas, and Will bond with Dustin for the first time over [Dungeons & Dragons], the game that would define their childhood"--Provided by publisher.

"Mike, Lucas, and Will bond with Dustin for the first time over [Dungeons & Dragons], the game that would define their childhood"--Provided by publisher.

"Mike, Lucas, and Will bond with Dustin for the first time over [Dungeons & Dragons], the game that would define their childhood"--Provided by publisher.

"The Scoop Troop discovers that Erica Sinclair smuggled out a dangerous object from the Russian facility below Starcourt Mall and they must once more come together to find a safe solution before government authorities discover the threat they pose"--OCLC.

"The backstory of Stranger Things's Robin, and her journey of coming into her own personality, interests, and sexuality"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the history of Athens, Georgia, in the 1980s when the town became the center of alternative music, and discusses the bohemian lifestyle of the youth in Athens. Examines the impact of alternative music on American culture and the music industry, and highlights famous artists and bands that arose from the Athens music scene. Includes black-and-white photographs.

"Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir Brat: An '80s Story, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment in time. The result is a revealing look at coming of age in a maelstrom, reckoning with conflicted ambition, innocence, addiction, and masculinity. New York City of the 1980s is brought to vivid life in these pages -- scoring loose joints in Washington Square Park and skipping school in favor of the dark revival houses of the Village where he fell in love with the movies that would change his life. Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Brat is a surprising and intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success"--.