pickThis marks the first #SVHSpringBreak & Ned‘s old college roommate‘s daughter, Suzanne Devlin, come to #SweetValley & Jessica connives her way to NYC instead of Liz, who wins the coin toss. Liz admits she‘d rather stay anyways & at first, Suzanne seems lovely— always helping & having all the boys flirt with her… but she sets her sights on Mr. Collins & when he rebuffs her, Suzanne‘s real attitude comes out & she tries to get him fired in a bad way!
pickThe #SVH cheerleading squad has two openings & while Jessica‘s certain Cara Walker will get her spot back (she & Lila were kicked off by turning the sprinklers on the Palisades High cheerleaders), she‘s equally determined that “Easy” Annie Whitman will not make the cut— even if her tryouts are the best! Liz has been tutoring the sophomore who seems clueless to the chatter about her dating life (she innocently brags about two dates in one night!)⬇️
pickThe Barton Ames Memorial Mile Race has a grand prize of a Sweet Valley College & Bruce Patman brags that he will win, not caring about the prize. Liz knows Roger Barrett‘s secret life as a janitor to support his sick mother & alcoholic father, so she encourages him to run, but it‘s only his one-sided crush on Lila who convinces him. Meanwhile, Olivia Davidson is in love with Roger who finally realizes Lila is too shallow, but he breaks the record!
pickThe drama club puts on Splendor In The Grass; Jessica stars opposite Bill Chase, using his crush on her to get him to do her bidding. She notices DeeDee Gordon‘s crush on Bill & intervenes. Bill continues giving DeeDee surfing lessons. DeeDee‘s father, a Hollywood agent, watches a rehearsal & says that he spied screenworthy talent. Certain it‘s her, Jessica magnanimously steps aside for DeeDee & Bill— until the screentest turns out to be for Bill!
pickThis is one of my favorites! Liz is in a coma! Jessica won‘t leave her side & when Liz wakes up, she starts acting more Jessica than Jessica— flirty, skipping out on chores & getting new sexier clothing & avoiding Todd. At Lila‘s party, she drinks with Bruce & then sticks Jess with babysitting the Percy twins while going to Bruce‘s beach house! A second head injury (after more wine with Bruce who is a real creeper here), restores her personality!
pickTodd‘s traded his Datsun in for a Yamaha 750 Virago, much to Elizabeth‘s horror. She hasn‘t mustered up the courage to confess that after her cousin Rexy Wakefield‘s death, none of them are allowed on one. Liz finds herself getting weirdly jealous any time another girl is on the back of the bike & Todd tries to talk Ned & Alice into it, but fails. In the first #SVH twin intuition instance, Jess realizes while at Miller‘s Point that Liz needs her!
pickLiz agrees to cover for Jessica‘s sneaking out on a Sunday for her first official date with the older, mustachioed Scott Daniels. Liz is worried that Jess will blow her test for the tour guide license that Monday. Jess at first has fun— flirting & teasing Scott (she yuckily takes being called jailbait a compliment though…) until he starts being more aggressive with her. He‘s too drunk & high to drive, so Jess is stuck out all night! ⬇️
sun-kissed blonde beauties
breaking hearts and attracting
killers in sunny
sweet valley cali —
it only took them twenty
years to graduate! 👯
Been a huge Sweet Valley fan since I was 9 years old. Still love reading them for nostalgia‘s sake. 🥰
#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #sweetvalley #sweetvalleyhigh #twins #SVH #nostalgia
pickThis is definitely one of the more memorable ones— & it covers more time than is usual. Though the twins only joined the school sorority Pi Beta Alpha in the first book, Jessica is now the president! Chubby Robin Wilson follows Jessica around adoringly & while Jess has no trouble using her to run her errands for her, she‘s horrified at the thought of the girl in the sorority. Liz intervenes & Robin makes it through the difficult pledge trials- ⬇️
pickJessica‘s long harbored a crush on wealthy & handsome Bruce Patman & she‘s more determined than ever to date him. He flirts with her at Secca Lake (even unties red bikini in front of everyone!), then make out in the bushes until Liz worriedly tracks them down. Jess loses herself with Bruce— from letting him beat her at tennis, changing her fashion sense & even skips cheerleading! When Liz schemes to reveal 1Bruce1 lied to her, Jess dumps him!
