Sweet Valley Twins 22: Out of Place – Jamie Suzanne
Title: Out of Place
Tagline: Is there room at Sweet Valley for an outsider? [Dove: No. Absolutely not. Not even if she’s white.]
Summary: Ginny Lu Culpepper had such high hopes for her life in Sweet Valley. But after just one day of being ridiculed by her new classmates, she’s beginning to wish she was back home in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, Then Elizabeth Wakefield comes to her rescue. Ginny Lu realizes that being different doesn’t have to be bad. Being different makes her quite special.
Even Elizabeth’s twin sister, Jessica, is willing to help Ginny Lu – especially when it will mean getting herself out of a jam at the same time. But how can the twins convince the other kids to give the new girl a chance?
Initial Thoughts:
Don’t wanna. Don’t wanna. DON’T WANNA.
Don’t get me wrong, this is not as bad as some books (Class Trip, I’m eyeballing you right now), but it’s just not good either. In all honesty, I’d have been happier doing Left Behind. This is just stupid. The only reason I didn’t ask for a swap was because this is a horse book, and I get them (just like Wing gets adoption, and Raven gets… whatever Wing and I are actively trying to avoid). [Raven: Thanks for that.]
As an indication of how much I don’t want to do this: since opening this document, I have re-organised my “rock” folder in my music, including re-naming all of my Aerosmith songs, and finding HD cover artwork for them. While I was at it, I updated the settings of Mp3tag, so if I need to update anything else with the specific settings I used for “The Very Best of Aerosmith”, then I have them saved.
Side note: If, like me, every time you listen to Crazy by Aerosmith, you wonder just how high Steven Tyler’s range is, well, here’s a breakdown of all the best singers.
What do you mean I’m shirking? Oh, all right, let’s get on with this.
tl;dr: DON’T WANNA.
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Sweet Valley Twins #23: Claim to Fame
Sweet Valley Twins 23: Claim to Fame by Jamie Suzanne
Title: Claim to Fame
Tagline: Which twin will go down in history? [Raven: Jessica, of course. Murder One.]
Summary: For its 25th anniversary celebration, Sweet Valley Middle School is burying a time capsule – and a special school-wide contest will decide what goes inside. Identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are each determined to win. Jessica is teamed with her fellow Unicorns, and Elizabeth and her friends are with George Henkel, the shyest boy in school, who is without a mother and hardly ever sees his father.
With the race just about even, Elizabeth stumbles on the one thing that will definitely make her team win – an old football that belongs to George Henkel’s father! It’s the football that was used to score the winning touchdown at Sweet Valley’s first state championship. Now, there’s more at stake than just winning. Maybe Elizabeth can also bring George and his dad back together again… if Jessica doesn’t get to the football first!
Initial Thoughts:
Thrilling cover. The twins. Being twinny.
What the hell has this got to do with fame? Maybe a promo shot for whatever fame-related escapades occur in the narrative. Either that, or it’s an advertisement for a specialist massage parlour.
Hopefully the book will have a happy ending.
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Tags: Book-long soulmates, comments by Dove, comments by Wing, recaps by Raven, Something Must Be Done, The new girl/boy, TWIN MAGIC
Elizabeth’s book-long soulmate: George Henkel
Characters: Alice Wakefield, Amy Sutton, Elizabeth Wakefield, George Henkel, Jessica Wakefield, Lila Fowler, Ned Wakefield, Nora Mercandy, Steven Wakefield
Events: Anniversary Celebration