The Plastic Age is a 1924 novel by Percy Marks that tells the story of Hugh Carver, a student at a fictional men's college called Sanford. With contents that covered or implied hazing, smoking, drinking, partying, and heavy petting, the book was the second best-selling novel of 1924. It was banned in Boston. The following year, it was adapted into a film of the same name, starring Clara Bow.