Aw, nobody's going to say Paul Zindel? Or maybe he counts more as subversive, rather than boggling. And a lot of his stuff is High School Realism. But it was so far from my experience that I found it rather boggling.
One of the most boggling books I read as a kid, although it was definitely not meant as YA and I was not supposed to read it, was My Sweet Audrina. You're not the first and best Audrina! You must sit in her room and rock in her chair until you become her! Audrina's father sleeps with everyone! Four women fall down the stairs! The already bizarre narrative takes an ugly turn into gang rape and gaslighting! IDEFK. That and Audrey Rose, which I was not supposed to read either. Late seventies and early eighties American horror novels were wild.
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Date: 2019-05-02 03:25 pm (UTC)One of the most boggling books I read as a kid, although it was definitely not meant as YA and I was not supposed to read it, was My Sweet Audrina. You're not the first and best Audrina! You must sit in her room and rock in her chair until you become her! Audrina's father sleeps with everyone! Four women fall down the stairs! The already bizarre narrative takes an ugly turn into gang rape and gaslighting! IDEFK. That and Audrey Rose, which I was not supposed to read either. Late seventies and early eighties American horror novels were wild.