Hollywood High
A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies
$35.10
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2026
Summary
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
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501181191 |
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| ISBN-10: | 150118119X |
| Author: | Bruce Handy |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Avid Reader Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 349g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 140mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Bruce Handy
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, including The 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.
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