Sweet Valley Twins 54: The Big Party Weekend by Jamie Suzanne
Title: The Big Party Weekend
Tagline: Mum and Dad will be back any minute!
Summary: While Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield are away on holiday in Mexico, twins Jessica and Elizabeth and their older brother, Steven, are left with May Brown, the world’s most horrible baby-sitter!
But the Wakefield kids are determined to throw a party on Saturday night, with great food, fabulous music, all their friends – and no adults. They make an elaborate plan to get May out of the house, and the party of the year is on!
By the end of the party, the house is a wreck. How will Jessica, Elizabeth, and Steven ever get the mess cleared up before May – and their parents – come home?
Initial Thoughts:
I do quite like the cover, with the Little Wakefields tidying up after what can only be perceived as a thoroughly mediocre party. The broom-wielding Steven’s clearly eying up his sisters and saying “right, who wants the first paddlin’?” [Wing: Jessica. Or at least that’s what he’s hoping.]
One thing that does piss me off, however, is the crooked flower-painting on the wall. Firstly, it’s a completely shit picture. Secondly, by itself it’s obviously too small for the wall it’s being displayed on. Thirdly, it has been hung far too low.
Alice is an interior designer. She’s shit at her job.
Also, this:
[Dove: Also, I love that Chalet Girl (a film that is far better than it should be) directly references this advert. If you’re not a Brit, screw you. That joke isn’t for you. As for the actual book we’re recapping, there was a lot that just had me shaking my head and silently judging.]
[Wing: I feel like I’ve read this book before, but that is impossible, because I’ve never read any Sweet Valley until we started these recaps last year. Is there another parents gone/party weekend book that has similar beats in the plot? Most likely.]
Sweet Valley Twins #62: Sarah’s Dad and Sophia’s Mum
Sweet Valley Twins 62: Sarah’s Dad and Sophia’s Mom by Jamie Suzanne
Title: Sarah’s Dad and Sophia’s Mum
Tagline: Will worst enemies become sisters?
Summary: Hate at first sight…
Sarah Thomas and Sophia Rizzo can’t stand each other. Without doubt, no two girls in their year at Sweet Valley Middle School are more different. [Wing: Not even the Wakefield twins who look alike but are really very different?] When Elizabeth Wakefield starts working on an art project with Sarah and Sophia, she hopes the two girls will become friends. But soon even patient Elizabeth is fed up with their constant bickering.
Sarah and Sophia’s fighting finally leads to a visit to the principal. The girls know they’re in big trouble, but they don’t know just how big. When Sarah’s father and Sophia’s mother meet in the principal’s office, it’s love at first sight. And Sarah and Sophia are united at last—to try to break up their parents!
Initial Thoughts
The Rizzos are back! What is up with the dark-haired girl’s hair? Why do we have to have a Wakefield on the cover? Some people pay a lot of money for abstract art like that. I think they’ve touched on how the Rizzos will earn money now.
Otherwise, I’ve got nothing.
[Dove: I hadn’t noticed until you mentioned it, but you’re right, Sophia has curly hair on her previous front cover. This kid has lego hair.]
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Tags: A+ parenting, comments by Dove, comments by Raven, Ewww poor people!, recaps by Wing
Characters: Alice Wakefield, Elizabeth Wakefield, Janet Howell, Jessica Wakefield, Ken Matthews, Mr Thomas, Mrs Rizzo, Ned Wakefield, Sarah Thomas, Sophia Rizzo, Steven Wakefield, Tony Rizzo
Relationships: Mrs Rizzo/Mr Thomas
Events: Library Art Project