![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Something without witches, vampires, or dramatic trials. (See: newly minted hit Divergent.) We’re talking about realistic teen stories. By that definition, teen movies never left the mainstream. By “teen movie” we don’t just mean a movie that features teens. In light of the recent anniversary of The Breakfast Club and the news that popular young-adult author John Green is having another of his real-world-set books turned into a movie, we started to wonder if we are, in fact, on the cusp of a teen-movie renaissance. The story of teenage Ginny Blackstone following her deceased aunt’s instructions all around Europe could be a visually lush celebration of a girl on the verge. Her most popular novel, 13 Little Blue Envelopes, is like a sweetly romantic blend of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Eurotrip. Maureen Johnson is a huge force in the realistic-teen-novel renaissance. ![]()
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