History Literature / HanginOutWithCici

* ShownTheirWork: There are a surprising amount of period references, from ''Kilroy Was Here'' graffiti being everywhere, to Cici collecting tin foil scraps from cigarette packs for the [[WorldWarII War Effort,]] and so on.

* {{Rule 34}}: An incredibly rare [[InUniverse in-universe]] example; Cici shows Victoria a [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana_bible Tijuana bible]] featuring Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

* WorldWarII: It (partially) takes place in TheForties, so it's to be expected. In particular, air raid drills are mentioned.

* ShownTheirWork: There are a surprising amount of period references, from ''Kilroy Was Here'' graffiti being everywhere, to Cici collecting tin foil from cigarette packs for the [[WorldWarII War Effort,]] and so on.

* {{Rule 34}}: An extremely rare [[InUniverse in universe]] example; Cici shows Victoria a [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana_bible Tijuana bible]] featuring Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

* {{Rule 34}}: An extremely rare [[InUniverse in universe]] example; Cici shows Victoria a [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana_bible Tijuana Bible]] featuring Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

* {{Rule34}}: An extremely rare [[InUniverse in universe]] example; Cici shows Victoria a [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana_bible Tijuana Bible]] featuring Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.
* ShownTheirWork: There are a surprising amount of period references, from ''Kilroy Was Here'' graffiti being everywhere, to Cici collecting tin foil from cigarette packs for [[WorldWarII the War Effort,]] and so on.

* Rule34: An extremely rare [[InUniverse in universe]] example; Cici shows Victoria a [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana_bible Tijuana Bible]] featuring Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

* WorldWarII: It (partially) takes place in TheForties, so it's to be expected. In particular, air raid drilla are mentioned.

* WorldWarII: It (partially) takes place in TheForties, so it's to be expected. In particular, air raids are mentioned.

* WorldWarII: It (partially) takes place in TheForties, so it's to be expected.

* WorldWarII: It (partially) takes place in the forties, so it's to be expected.

* BigApplesauce: Where the novel takes place, in both 1977 and 1944. It makes good use of it too, pointing out the differences between the decades (comparing the old Penn Station and the new one, for example.

* BigApplesauce: Where the novel takes place, in both 1977 and 1944. The novel makes good use of it too, pointing out the differences between the decades (comparing the old Penn Station and the new one, for example.

The novel received two [[{{Sequelitis}} sequels,]] ''My First Love & Other Disasters'' (1979) and ''Love & Betrayal & Hold the Mayo!'' (1985). They scrapped the unique TimeTravel story of the original for [[ClicheStorm generic romance plots]], and are even ''more'' obscure than the original, which is [[UpToEleven really saying something.]]

The novel received two sequels, ''My First Love & Other Disasters'' (1979) and ''Love & Betrayal & Hold the Mayo!'' (1985). They scrapped the unique TimeTravel story of the original for [[ClicheStorm generic romance plots]], and are even ''more'' obscure than the original, which is [[UpToEleven really saying something.]]

''Hangin' Out With Cici'' (also published under the title ''My Mother Was Never A Kid''), is a rather obscure [[TheSeventies 1977]] [[YoungAdultLiterature young adult novel]] by Francine Pascal, best known as the creator of the SweetValleyHigh book series. It was adapted into an [[Series/AfterschoolSpecial ABC Afterschool Special,]] under the aforementioned alternate title, in [[TheEighties 1981.]]

The premise is that protagonist Victoria Martin, a [[{{Delinquents}} teenage delinquent]] whose mother has given up trying to control her, is sent [[TimeTravel back in time]] to TheForties, where she meets her mom as a teenager, [[GenerationXerox who acts much the same as she does, back in the future.]]

The novel received two sequels, ''My First Love & Other Disasters'' (1979), and ''Love & Betrayal & Hold the Mayo!'' (1985). They scrapped the unique TimeTravel story of the original for [[ClicheStorm generic romance plots]], and are even ''more'' obscure than the original, which is [[UpToEleven really saying something.]]

* AllJustADream: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; both Victoria and Cici remember their weekend together, and Cici actually uses her knowledge of an event that happened then to blackmail the principal into not expelling Victoria. (Yes, her mother remembers meeting her own daughter ''before she was even born.'' [[TimeyWimeyBall Try wrapping your brain around that.]])
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: Victoria has matured and grown out of her delinquency by the novel's end. Her mom is closer to her now, too.]]
* {{Delinquent}}: Victoria is a classic one - she incites riots, [[SirSwearsALot swears up a storm]] (but not any of the ''really'' bad words, this is a Seventies teen book, after all), and [[DrugsAreBad smokes pot.]]

* TheForties: The decade Victoria travels back in time to.

* InflationNegation: Victoria gets a pretty good meal for a dime once she ends up in TheForties.
* SirSwearsALot: Victoria is a RareFemaleExample. [[RuleAbidingRebel She doesn't say the strongest profanity like ''fuck'' and ''cunt'', though.]]

* PoorMansPorn: Near the middle of the book, Cici and Victoria try to sneak a peek at Literature/TropicOfCancer.

* PoorMansPorn: Near the middle of the book, Cici and Victoria try to sneak a peek at Literature/TheTropicOfCancer.

* PoorMansPorn: Near the middle of the book, Cici and Victoria try to sneak a peek at Litearture/TheTropicOfCancer.

* PoorMansPorn: Near the middle of the book, Cici and Victoria try to sneak a peek at TheTropicOfCancer.

* AllJustADream: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]; both Victoria and Cici remember their weekend together, and Cici actually uses her knowledge of an event that happened then to blackmail the principal into not expelling Victoria. (Yes, her mom remembers meeting her own daughter ''before she was even born.'' [[TimeyWimeyBall Try wrapping your brain around that.]])