Each of the sweet valley high books, stuffed with cliffhangers and drama, was written by a ghostwriter, with pascal credited as creator. The series revolves around the lives of elizabeth and jessica wakefield, beautiful blonde twins who live in the fictitious sweet valley, california, and their gang of friends. Sweet valley twins is ok for her agesweet valley high is not. The book includes the recaps of the first 100 sweet valley high books, which first appeared on this here blog, but the book also contains recaps of the second hundredorso books in the series which are not on here. Sweet hearts is, and will always be, a twilight free zone. The books follow the exploits of jessica and elizabeth wakefield, two beautiful twins that live in sweet valley in california. When they were first published in 1983, the sweet valley high books were a mustread for young girls. Francine pascal, a native new yorker, is an author best known for creating the sweet valley series of young adult novels. The twins and their friends attend sweet valley high. She decided, she says, to do it this way to give the books.
Aug 16, 2019 sweet valley high 1983 like so many great ideas, sweet valley high was born out of two key circumstances in a writers life. I couldnt wait to go to the bookstore so i could pick up the newest sweet valley book and i tore through it as soon as i bought it. President of the website ashley judge, revealed that she has spent years looking for sweet valley high books to collect and share with the people who love them as much as she does she gathered up all the lost and forgotten books from our childhood, all with the original 80s covers, and put together a randomized package that allows her customers to buy a book and an enamel pin that is. So as a result, when i graduated from the babysitters club on to the sweet valley series i ended up reading the horrible 90s addons, i have a truly terrible confession to make. Sean lowry and charles stewart, both members of the sweet valley high chess team. The sweet valley high book series by multiple authors includes books double love, secrets, playing with fire, and several more. Jun 15, 2018 from fanny packs to bucket hats, throwbacks have never been hotter. The cool crowd febuary 21 2009 front, back and spine images up for new sweet valley high playing with fire and power play. The negative impact of the series is how it changed the format of series book titles. You can buy the original sweet valley high books from the. We will be recapping sweet valley twins and all the special editions, including the unicorn club to start with, and if wing survives that, we may try other sweet valley series. The series features some mature material, including a boy who restrains liz, implying she owes him sex. Dec 03, 2018 as a preteen gabrielle moss devoured books in the babysitters club and sweet valley high series.
Jessica wakes a girl up out of a coma by promising her she can be on the cheerleading squad, thus giving her a reason to live, these melodramatic episodes make for fast, fun reads with gentle messages about. She recently reread them for nostalgic stress relief and ended up writing a. She was portrayed by bridget flanery in the sweet valley high t. The sweet valley high series vintage series books for girls. The sweet valley high evil twin books were so blissfully. Sweet valley high, books 112 by francine pascal nook book. Sweet valley high books lot of 48 francine pascal 1980s teen romance set 1988. Unfollow sweet valley high books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
While the sweet valley high plots read like soap opera fare elizabeth recovers from an amnemesialike state by bumping her head again. May 04, 2020 evil twins, wing and dove, trade point horror for sweet valley. Series from 1994 to 1996, and portrayed by shirlee elliot from 1996 to 1998. Which is easierto be a mother or a daughter after a big fight with their mother, identical twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield come up with a brilliant way to show her that being a kid is no piece. The sweet valley high series offered a world where almost anything was possible, where decisions bore no consequences, and where, most of all, readers could see.
Dec 31, 2017 francine pascal, a native new yorker, is an author best known for creating the sweet valley series of young adult novels. Why bim adewunmi still loves the sweet valley high books. Sometimes, though, the plotlines of the sweet valley high books were, in a word, bonkers. Elizabeth is warm, friendly and sincere, while her twin sister jessica is flirty, mischievous, and irresponsible. The sweet valley books were my absolute favorite books when i was younger. I originally kept this blog on blogspot, so entries ahead of book 30 might be formatted kind of funky until i eventually get around to fixing those. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide.
From fanny packs to bucket hats, throwbacks have never been hotter. There were also several spinoffs, including the unicorn club, sweet valley university, and sweet valley sorority. The series revived the genre during the 1980s, and this is certainly good. As a preteen gabrielle moss devoured books in the babysitters club and sweet valley high series. Lila katherine fowler is very rich, as her father is a big computer magnate and he spoils her with presents from his trips for business.
And they have a secret triplet, raven, joining them for a dudes point of view. I started out reading sweet valley kids, then sweet valley twins, sweet valley high, and finally sweet valley university. While our kids may grow up reading on a tablet, there was nothing quite like rereading wellworn copies of this beloved series, experiencing the. However, it was elizabeth who was the columnist, but shed engineered a mixup in identity. One dedicated 80s fan is bringing back the sweet valley high books the og paperbacks. Sweet valley high a wildly popular ya book series first published in the 80s is about the wakefields, a pair of perfect blonde twins from a fictional town in california called sweet. Jessica had been tossed, fully clothed, into the sweet valley high pool, the students annual playful punishment for the author of the eyes and ears gossip column of the school paper. In the very earliest books, sweet valley high had another character named heather, and her last name also started with an m heather morgan. See the complete sweet valley high series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The novelistic tales of the wakefields and their frenemies, pals, and rivals were interwoven with the fabric of my own real life in a way that felt. The dairi burger reading sweet valley high in my thirties. Tv editions for other books involving sweet valley and its characters, see. Sweet hearts romance books is an online only bookshop located in country victoria, australia.
Sweet valley high, books 112 ebook by francine pascal. The sweet valley high book series by multiple authors includes books double love, secrets, playing with. Next two havnt been released in nz yet, but ill get them up when they do. None of these books will ever be dubbed the great american novel, but they are so much fun to read. I briefly watched the tv series that was based on the books, and when francine pascal announced a return to sweet valley with an original sequel, sweet valley confidential, in 2011, i squealed with glee in a voice that came. You can buy the original sweet valley high books from the 80s. Double love was the first book of the sweet valley high series to come out in 1984, and shortly after it did, we all became obsessed. Sweet valley highseries overdrive rakuten overdrive. New york times bestselling author francine pascals sweet valley high series has captivated generations of teens and adults, selling over 60 million copies worldwide here together for the first time in an incredible ebook bundle are the first twelve books in the beloved series. Sweet valley high series by francine pascal goodreads.
There are 181 sweet valley high books in total, not to mention spinoff series like sweet valley kids, sweet valley twins, and sweet valley university, with each pageturner soapier than the next. Sep 17, 2018 none of these books will ever be dubbed the great american novel, but they are so much fun to read. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. She recently reread them for nostalgic stress relief and ended up writing a book on the genre. The sweet valley high books carry a lot of nostalgic value, but clearly their actual value is substantially less. Jun 20, 2018 there are 181 sweet valley high books in total, not to mention spinoff series like sweet valley kids, sweet valley twins, and sweet valley university, with each pageturner soapier than the next. Many of the wakefield twins adventures are typical teenage stuff. Double love, secrets, playing with fire, power play, all night long, dangerous love, dear sister, heartbreaker. Parents need to know that the sweet valley high series began in 1984 with double love and was mostly written by francine pascal with a couple of titles by kate william. Sweet valley high 1983 like so many great ideas, sweet valley high was born out of two key circumstances in a writers life. Sweet valley high was the backbone of the collection, and was made into a popular television series.
Events from sweet valley high books 3040 are seen from jessicas viewpoint. The sweet valley high series series books for girls. Jun 22, 2018 if you are interested in grabbing a couple original sweet valley high books, i highly recommend checking them out. Sweet valley high is a series created by francine pascal, who led a team of ghostwriters to create the incredibly successful sweet valley universe, which includes nine spinoff series, a tv show, and a possible movie production began in 2017. Jessica and elizabeth trade placeswith their mother summary. I read sweet valley books in the early 2000s, when most of the early books in the series were outofprint or just not stocked at my local library. Sweet valley online evil triplets snarkily recap sweet. Sweet valley high, books 112 by francine pascal nook.
How the sweet valley girls grew up books the guardian. See the complete sweet valley twins series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Sweet valley high books lot of 16 by francine pascal 1980. The success of the sweet valley high series has had a huge impact on series books, both good and bad. The target audience for the svh series was the middle class preteen girl of the 1980s, and the target audience for the original nancy drew books was the middle. Snark valley a 30somethings lovingly sarcastic journey.
Mar 07, 2016 reading sweet valley high in my thirties. Sweet valley high is a series of young adult novels attributed to american author francine pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters to produce the. A complete list of all sweet valley high books snark valley. Random house there was nothing quite as satisfying as going to the library and taking out the latest book and reading it all as fast as you could so you could be ready for the next one. Sweet valley high, books 112 francine pascal macmillan. This is a list of books in the sweet valley high series, created by francine pascal. The list the original books were all released by bantam. This is the complete list of sweet valley high books from start to finish with publication dates. With cynthia daniel, brittany daniel, amy danles, michael perl. Sweet valley twins is ok for her age sweet valley high is not. Sweet valley high is a series of young adult novels attributed to american author francine pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters to produce the series. Sweet valley high is a series of novels for children and young adults from francine pascal. I read them around age 10 or so myself because honestly i think they were just coming out thenlike the original prints were 198687 ha on amazon the reading level listed for the swt books is 911. Lila fowler is a major character who appears in almost all the sweet valley series.
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