Sadie Hartmann’s Reviews > Night of the Mallrats: A Novel > Status Update

"Isn't that what a mall was to a nineties teen? You went to the mall not to spend all your babysitting money but to be seen. You wore a nice outfit, makeup, cream rinse in your hair. Maybe you'll find a boyfriend? A mall is a teenager's ecosystem, their own city where parents aren't watching, the next level of freedom after getting too old for a bicycle."