Sweet Valley Twins 13: Stretching the Truth (Image from Calibre data scrape – assumed Shannon’s Sweet Valley Page)
Title: Stretching the Truth
Summary: What’s wrong with Mary Robinson? That’s what Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield want to know. She has a rich new stepfather who has a fabulous yacht and is going to build them a huge house. So why has Mary been acting so strange?
Jessica is confident Mary will be herself again, just as soon as she finds out about the surprise birthday party for her on her father’s yacht! But Jessica is wrong – a party on the yacht is the last thing Mary wants. It could give away her whole secret. In fact, all of Mary’s little white lies would get her into big trouble with her friends! Will anyone want to help poor Mary when they learn the terrible truth?
Tagline: Little white lies…
Initial Thoughts:
Wait just one minute here. Didn’t we have a birthday party for Mary Robinson last time she was the main plot of a book? Oh, wait, no, that was Sophia Rizzo. All these temporary Wakefield BFFs are starting to blur together, even though I really like both Mary and Sophia. Last time, in Three’s a Crowd, Mary (Giaccio at the time) was going to be adopted by her foster family and then shipped off when she decided not to be adopted and then SURPRISE her birth mother showed up and everything was wrapped up neatly.
Super excited that this book sounds like it’s going to be based on ridiculous lies yet again. MUCH EXCITE.
[Dove: I actually really like this book. It’s super dramatic, but still one of the better earlier entries. But then again, I like Mary and her step-dad. Also, that girl on the front cover? The one that is clearly Jessica? That’s Mary. And again I say: WHAT THE FUCK WENT ON IN THE GENETICS OF SWEET VALLEY?]
[Wing: Note from the future. Y’ALL. THIS BOOK. I CAN’T DEAL WITH WHAT’S HAPPENED TO ME.]
Sweet Valley Twins #16: Second Best
Sweet Valley Twins 16: Second Best – Jamie Suzanne
Title: Second Best [Wing: Why does the boy on the left — Tom? — look like a male Wakefield twin? What is going on with the genetics in Sweet Valley?] [Raven: Really? You wanna pull at THAT thread?] [Dove: Or it’s all very simple, and Alice has mothered more than three children.]
Summary: Things are happening fast for the Wakefield twins. The biggest party of the year is coming up. If Jessica can get “un-grounded” in time, she’ll be able to go. Elizabeth is entering a state-wide essay contest, hoping to win the $100 prize. And both twins are putting in extra time on their special school projects.
Cute, smart and popular Tom McKay is in Jessica’s work group. His anti-social brother, Dylan, is in Elizabeth’s. Dylan feels that he will never be as good as his brother. So why should he even bother to try? Elizabeth really wants to prove to Dylan that he can be the best at something, too. But can she help him without coming between the two brothers?
Tagline: Is the boys’ problem too tough for even Elizabeth to handle… [Wing: EVEN ELIZABETH WTF]
Initial Thoughts
Oh, god. I’m not ready. What if I like another book? What am I going to do?!
[Dove: Not a fan of this book – the story itself is good, but like Tug of War, there’s a lot of Elizabeth smugness in it.]
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Tags: A+ parenting, Book-long soulmates, comments by Dove, comments by Raven, Don't be a bully be a star, I'm running away!, Poor little Jessica, recaps by Wing, Shame you're not a perfect size 6, sketchy student-teacher relationships, THANK GOD FOR ELIZABETH, The new girl/boy, Wing's heart grew 10 sizes
Elizabeth’s book-long soulmate: Dylan McKay
Characters: Alice Wakefield, Amy Sutton, Betsy Gordon, Bruce Patman, Dylan McKay, Elizabeth Wakefield, Ellen Riteman, Gloria Andrews, Jerry McAllister, Jessica Wakefield, Julie Porter, Kerry Glenn, Kimberly Haver, Lila Fowler, Lois Waller, Mary Giaccio-Robinson-Wallace, Mr Bowman, Mr Nydick, Mrs Arnette, Ms Pauley, Ms Wyler, Ned Wakefield, Nora Mercandy, Olivia Davidson, Randy Mason, Ronnie Edwards, Steven Wakefield, Tom McKay
Events: Birthday: Kimberly Haver, Essay Contest, School Business Project