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Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies

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From a longtime Vanity Fair writer and editor, a delightfully entertaining, intelligent, and illuminating history and tribute to teen movies—from Rebel Without a Cause to Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and on to John Hughes, Mean Girls, The Hunger Games, and more.

What influence did Francis Ford Coppola have on George Lucas’s American Graffiti? And Lucas on John Singleton’s Boyz n the Hood? How does teenage sexuality in Fast Times at Ridgemont High compare to Twilight? Which teen movies pass the Bechdel test? Why is Mean Girls actually the last great teen film of the 20th century?

Bruce Handy is a journalist, critic, humorist, and children’s book author. His work has appeared in The New Yorker,Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among other publications. His book Wild Things: The Joys of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult was published in 2017. He is also the author of five picture books, includingThe Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth and What If One Day..., both of which were named New York Times Best Children’s Books. He began his career as a writer and editor at Spy magazine, and also spent a season (1992–1993) writing for Saturday Night Live.

Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster (May 20 2025)

Language: English

Hardcover: 384 pages

ISBN-10: 1501181173

ISBN-13: 978-1501181177

Item Weight: 635 g

Dimensions: 15.88 x 2.79 x 23.5 cm

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