Apr 10, 2011 twin drama returns in sweet valley confidential after ten years, author francine pascal has written an update to her classic sweet valley high series and oscarwinning screenwriter diablo. What if at the end of the book, we just list every minor character in the series whos dead. Sweet valley twins are back, and, like readers, fully adult. There are less than 6 weeks until sweet valley confidential. Jun 22, 2018 i dont know if i could be able to pick a favorite sweet valley high book, there are so many good ones.
A complete list of all sweet valley high books snark valley. Enid rollins is a character in the sweet valley high series. I want to thank clementine bojangles over at sixteen and perfect forever for posting about the latest sweet valley news. Their continuing stories will evolve in this eserial of six fastpaced. Future sweet valley confidential books are a possibility, pascal says and a sweet valley high. The books are spinoffs of the sweet valley high series. How the sweet valley girls grew up books the guardian. For the past month, i have rarely been more than a few feet away from a sweet valley high book. Many of the wakefield twins adventures are typical teenage stuff. And nothing seemed to have more than a couple of coats of paint.
The list the original books were all released by bantam. My sister cynthia, shes a little more like elizabeth, shes a little more. He is often times mistaken for his father, as he is considered his spitting image. May, 2017 posts about sweet valley confidential written by befictional. Sweet valley confidential is a shlocky nostalgia fest trojanhorsing a. Named after one of the best friends of his father, steven is the oldest of the wakefields three children. Even worse, sweet valley confidential cant seem to get its own story straight. Sweet valley university, also known as svu, is part of the sweet valley high young adult book series created by francine pascal. You can buy the original sweet valley high books from the 80s. Those who want their beloved childhood series stomped on, given a. The books follow the exploits of jessica and elizabeth wakefield, two beautiful twins that live in sweet valley in california.
The depressing lessons of sweet valley confidential vulture. There are those millions of girls who grew up with this, but it. Apr, 2011 sweet valley high creator francine pascal on the sequel, the movie, and perhaps another book. Sweet valley confidential a critical analysis of sweet.
Before that even, i had read some of the twins and kids series, so when i heard this was coming out last year, i just knew i had to read it. This is the complete list of sweet valley high books from start to finish with publication dates. The epilogue ends with a short recap of what the wedding was like for elizabeth and jessica. Iconic and beloved identical twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield are back and all grown up, dealing with the complicated adult world of love, careers, betrayal, and sisterhood.
Sweet valley high sequel to follow characters into 30s. Apr 04, 2011 anyone who grew up reading the sweet valley high series that would be basically every girl born in the late 70searly 80s has been waiting for this sweet valley confidential. Apr 06, 2011 sweet valley confidential is a largely gloomy book, and its tempting to think of it as a metacritique of the sweet valley canon. The new book, sweet valley confidential, takes place 12 years after the high school series, when the twins and their friends are in their late 20s and early 30s. The twins are expected to attend their grandmothers eightieth birthday party. Sweet valley high is a series of novels for children and young adults from francine pascal. The first book in the sweet valley high series introduces the wakefield twins to readers, two physically identical girls that are determined to lay a claim on a handsome basketball star. Sweet valley confidential is a largely gloomy book, and its tempting to think of it as a metacritique of the sweet valley canon. As a preteen, i was addicted to the sweet valley high series, and then later, the sweet valley university series as well. Three years on from sweet valley confidential, theres a sex scandal, a stalker, and the requisite amount of loving and losing among sweet valleys finest. Enid alexandra rollins arrived at sweet valley high her sophomore year and during a creative writing class, she meets elizabeth wakefield who becomes her best friend. Three years after the events of sweet valley confidential, elizabeth and jessica wakefield are back in sweet valley and inseparable once more. Ive been an avid fan of all sweet valley books, starting right from sweet valley twins through to sweet valley university.
Here, the old paint, maybe eighty years worth, was so thick it looked like plaster but bumpier and more uneven. According to the new york times, sweet valley confidential isnt the end of the sweet valley franchise a serial spinoff, called the sweet life working title, and gag, will be published starting next spring. And she couldnt imagine a time when it would ever be there again. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sweet valley confidential.
Like many girls my age, i was a huge fan of the sweet valley high series growing up. Now, the sweet life picks up the lives of twins elizabeth and jessica wakefieldlast seen in sweet valley confidential by francine pascalas they approach their thirtieth birthdays. There s more sweet valley confidential coming your way. Martins press takes place 10 years after high school.
I would meet women in their late 20s or 30s, and when they found out who i was. April 22, 2012 april 22, 2012 i stumbled upon this by accident, but it seems that sweet valley confidential will continue as an ebook miniseries. Jul, 2014 confessions of a former sweet valley high addict although shes loath to admit it, author cristina henriquez used to love sweet valley high. To say that i felt my childhood was dragged out, beaten and raped and then set aflame would be more accurate. This is a list of books in the sweet valley high series, created by francine pascal. 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. Jessica bennett on whether the 73yearold creator can recapture the magic with sweet valley confidential. Apr 14, 2011 like many girls my age, i was a huge fan of the sweet valley high series growing up. She decided, she says, to do it this way to give the books a more universal appeal.
Sweet valley confidential smart bitches, trashy books. Sweet valley confidential francine pascal macmillan. Mar 29, 2011 sweet valley confidential, by francine pascal st. This is the complete list of sweet valley high books from start to finish with publication dates 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. Seeing everyone all grown upand stumbling through their 20s is a huge treat. But sweet valley just doesnt work as either an earnest tale if that is what this was supposed to be or a salacious tellall which i think was the ultimate goal, but there would have to be way more sex and way less emo tears to make this book salacious. So, when i heard about sweet valley confidential, i was thrilled. Francine pascal is one of the most popular fiction writers for teenagers today and the creator of several bestselling series, including fearless and sweet valley high, which was also made into a television series. This is an excerpt from the eagerly awaited sweet valley confidential. Sweet valley high creator francine pascal looks back on her. And for those of you out there who arent sold on revisiting sweet valley in book form, diablo cody will be bringing back sweet valley high, but this time as a feature.
Sweet valley kids super snoopers, hair raiser super special, super specials sweet valley junior. I read the pdf first chapter awhile back, and elizabeth is as uptight as ever, and i am sort of peekingthroughmyfingers curious as to what happens in the story. Sweet valley confidential revives and roils a teen book series. That most people reading sweet valley confidential know all of this about the twins, because they read at least one of the earlier books, means the plot of svh is more than just absurdly dramatic. See the complete sweet valley high series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The story is set 10 years following the conclusion of the original sweet valley high series. That was my initial thought after turning the final page of sweet valley confidential. Unlike any of the other spinoffs, svu covered two years of the twins lives, their freshman and sophomore years in college.
For most books, the predictability would go against it, but a sweet valley book wouldnt be the same without a huge cliche. Jessica wants to be named the upcoming fall dance queen, namely so she can attend all events for the rest of the year on the arm of inevitabl. Sweet valley confidential sweet valley high wiki fandom. Ten years later is released, and if you preorder the book before the end of february can win a limited edition sweet valley tshirt by mailing proof of purchase to st. Francine pascals sweet valley high series sold 250 million copies and made 80s teens swoon.
Apr 17, 2011 it is all the more scandalous to their fans, then, that a new spinoff, sweet valley confidential, depicts the identical twins, now 27, in an angry rift, living on separate coasts, drinking. Now, the sweet life picks up the lives of twins elizabeth and jessica. Prior to the novels release, pascal stated, i can tell you that what you thought was. The sweet valley high book series by multiple authors includes books double love, secrets, playing with fire, and several more. Yes, the plot of sweet valley confidential is cheesy, and the writing wont win any awards. A quarter of the letters i got would start, i used to hate to read. Sure, it wouldnt have been particularly helpful to the story, but it would have been more. A book cover from the old sweet valley high series featuring stylish. Three years after the events of sweet valley confidential by francine pascal, elizabeth and jessica wakefield are back in sweet valley and inseparable once more. She was portrayed by amy danles in the sweet valley high t. They take readers back to the younger days of some of sweet valley highs most popular characters. It was what she would feel had it been her child, and she understood.
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. They were in my purse and scattered around my house, ready to grab whenever i had a spare moment to. Want more sweet valley right now become a fan of sweet valley confidential on facebook or twitter. There are books that i really want to read, but know better than to spend any money on them because the expectation level is so low. Jan 01, 2011 when i grew older, i started on sweet valley twins, and read so much more sweet valley after that. Prior to the novels release, pascal stated, i can tell you that what you thought was going to happen to those. Ten years later and millions of other books are available for instant access. Jeffrey french, elizabeths exboyfriend, goes from being happily married in the beginning to still single and unattached by the epilogue.
Twin drama returns in sweet valley confidential after ten years, author francine pascal has written an update to her classic sweet valley high series and oscarwinning screenwriter diablo. Who sleeps with more guys in this book, elizabeth or jessica. Time has made elizabeth a little less perfect, and jessica is a little less catty. I read the books and watched the tv show, then i grew up and the series became a fond memory of times past where i would have lunch with my friends and discuss the latest plot. The original sweet valley books chronicled the girls lives in the often idealized, always ridiculously melodramatic town of sweet valley, california. Mar 30, 2011 the highly anticipated update to the classic 1980s series sweet valley high is here. While sweet valley high intoxicated young readers who may never have otherwise picked up a book outside of assigned reading, critics believed it was the literary equivalent of junk food and. The sweet valley high series took the world by storm when it premiered in 1983. Now with this striking new adult novel from author and creator francine pascal, millions of devoted fans can finally return to the idyllic sweet valley, home of the phenomenally successful book series and franchise. As we reported in july, sweet valley confidential st. I did always like the crazy ones, like kidnapped by the cult. What terrible secret has torn jessica and elizabeth apart. The sweet life and sweet valley high books 112 for e.
I read so many of the books i practically felt like the twins were my best friends. To ask other readers questions about sweet valley confidential, please sign up. Mar 31, 2011 there wasnt a thing wrong with their figures, either. Pascal herself wrote a sequel, sweet valley confidential, featuring the. The sweet life books, just out, are as packed with cliffhangers as any sweet valley fan could wish. Tomorrow, a whole mess of books i want to read go on sale, including sweet valley confidential, the story of elizabeth and jessica wakefield 10 years later. Back in california, both women are experiencing all of the drama, heartbreak and joy that adulthood can bring. Aug 30, 2012 shes looking forward to the sweet valley high film, which is coming into focus its going to be a musical, she says but isnt sure if shell do any more sweet valley books, despite. Unfortunately, sweet valley confidential fails to live up to reader expectations.
Mar 29, 2011 like many girls my age, i was a huge fan of the sweet valley high series growing up. Steven wakefield is a character in the sweet valley series of books. Aug 16, 2019 to celebrate over 35 years of her beloved ya series sweet valley high, bestselling author francine pascal reflects on her remarkable career and teases what lies ahead. As a teenager, he tended to tease his younger sisters, elizabeth and jessica, but personality wise, he was more like elizabeth in how he. Sometimes, though, the plotlines of the sweet valley high books were, in a word, bonkers. Before there was gossip girl, there was sweet valley high sweet valley confidential makes a compelling enough companion that we actually missed two subway stops because we were caught up in its frothy fun.
Ten years later is set to hit shelves in early 2011. The series followed on from the sweet valley senior year series and featured twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield starting college. Sweet valley twins is a series of childrens novels created by francine pascal. Sweet valley highs francine pascal returns with sweet. The depressing lessons of sweet valley confidential. I was again a bit puzzled that the book was set so much in new york, one thing i do remember from the teen books are the lovely descriptions of the area of sweet valley. Sweet valley confidential revives and roils a teen book. I salvaged it from a pile my mom was going to donate, wanting to prep for the forthcoming sweet valley confidential. The novels sweet valley confidential and the sweet life, which follow the characters as. The book picks up seven years after we left the twins. Sweet valley confidential by francine pascal overdrive.
Sweet valley twins super editions super chillers magna editions the unicorn club team sweet valley for other books involving sweet valley and its characters, see. I remember even getting random sweet valley books from book original post at one more page if there was a book that i could blame for my being a bookworm, it is definitely francine pascals sweet valley. This series is alternately titled sweet valley twins and friends. I hope sweet valley comes out with more books like confidential or even the 2 to 3part miniseries from the good old days, but as far as this goes, unfortunately. After 10 years, jessica and elizabeth are back as adults in sweet valley confidential, by francine pascal, the original series creator. Wall street journal fans who grew up on svh will delight in pascals return to sunny california. Mar 31, 2011 back in july, we were excited to report that sweet valley high author francine pascal was coming out with a new line of books about jessica and elizabeth wakefield from the svh book series now. Jul 23, 2010 the heroines of the sweet valley franchise, jessica and elizabeth wakefield, are ready for a comeback.
Sweet valley high creator francine pascal on the sequel, the movie, and perhaps another book this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. This is a cast of characters for whom high school was undoubtedly the high point of life. Anyway, updated the sweet valley confidential page with current info on the new e books.
The books chronicle the lives of identical twins jessica and elizabeth. On one hand, the sweet valley books were totally my gateway drug to romance. The heroines of the sweet valley franchise, jessica and elizabeth wakefield, are ready for a comeback. There s not much more i can say really without giving away the story maybe. Sweet valley confidential audiobook, by opal carew. If youre really in the mood for a nostalgia fix, pick up a copy of one of the original sweet valley high books. Sweet valley twins are backand much more adult the. Ten years later from the worlds largest community of readers. Still want more of those irrepressible wakefield twins. Enid alexandra rollins arrived at sweet valley high her sophomore year and during a creative writing class, she meets. After all, after teen years spent in a datingcentric utopia largely free from consequences, where is there to go. When i grew older, i started on sweet valley twins, and read so much more sweet valley after that.
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