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Fast Times At Ridgemont High

by Cameron Crowe · 1981

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This is a true story. In the fall of 1979 Cameron Crowe at 22 years of age walked into the office of Principal William Gray's office and asked permission to attend classes for the full length of the school year to research a book he was to write of his experiences inside the walls of Ridgemont High and Redondo Beach, California. This is the day-by-day journal of horny and wasted semi-blank adults who don't know a thing about their future.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thiseducationeducationMore like thisLess of this
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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Themes
moviesmoviesMore like thisLess of thisjournalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thishigh schoolhigh schoolMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisSouthern CaliforniaSouthern CaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 253 pages

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