’90s Teen Books: The Paperbacks We Passed Around
Before BookTok or e-readers, there were backpacks stuffed with paperbacks, traded, borrowed, and loved until the spines cracked.
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Before BookTok or e-readers, there were backpacks stuffed with paperbacks, traded, borrowed, and loved until the spines cracked.

It wasn’t glamorous, but working at the mall was its own rite of passage: equal parts paycheck, hangout spot, and backstage pass to the social hub of the ’90s.