what was the impact of reading all these books?" she says. She attempts to answer that question in Paperback Crush, a deep dive into teen lit of the '80s and '90s. These books were focused on ...

It's a time that Kevin Smokler wrote about in his new book "Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to '80s Teen Movies." Arguably the pied piper of the '80s teen movie is John Hughes. His credits ...