Best of
Young-Adult

1973

The Cheerleader


Ruth Doan MacDougall - 1973
    p/pThe reprint of this classic coming-of-age novel features a foreword by English professor Ann V. Norton, who writes, "As Snowy grows in mind and heart, she realizes she must develop her own self. That this realization happens in a small town in the 1950s to a cheerleader, symbol of a girl's simultaneous success and subordination, makes it all the more powerful. The Cheerleader transcends its setting to portray a young person's timeless yearning for a full and satisfying life."Snowy, a sequel to The Cheerleader, has recently been rereleased by Frigate Books. Fans have designed a website devoted to Ruth Doan MacDougall's work.

The Towers of February


Tonke Dragt - 1973
    A Diary by an Anonymous (for the Time Being) Author with Added Punctuation and FootnotesA fourteen-year-old boy finds himself transported to another dimension and unable to remember his past.

Hemi: A Mule


Barbara Brenner - 1973
    The adventures of a mule who, after being sold to the army, decides to go back and find the farmhand who once befriended him.

Herman the Great


Zora Louise Olsen - 1973
    

The Summer Before


Patricia Windsor - 1973
    Alexandra struggles to accept reality and understand her parents following the death of Bradley, her best friend.

A Sporting Proposition


James Aldridge - 1973
    

Vampires


Nancy Garden - 1973
    Examines the history and legends of the "undead" creatures who have reportedly roamed the earth since ancient times, sucking the blood of the living.

Afraid to Ride


Patricia Leitch - 1973
    And then she finds she has to go on holiday with her cousins, and not just to any holiday. It is to a riding school. Her cousins, fearless themselves, can't really understand why Jill won't ride. But Jill does find her own way out of her fears, helped by another outcast, Digory, the Fell pony.

Danny Orlis and the Ski Slope Emergency


Bernard Palmer - 1973
    

The Whys and Wherefores of Littabelle Lee


Vera Cleaver - 1973
    When adversity makes sixteen-year-old Littabelle sole support of her two aged grandparents, her desperate situation teaches her about law, human nature, and her future.

The Horizon History Of The British Empire


Stephen W. Sears - 1973