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Heartbreaker (Sweet Valley High #8) | Francine Pascal

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The 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!

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Killing Mr. Griffin | Lois Duncan

“It was a wild, windy, southwestern spring when the idea of killing Mr. Griffin occurred to them.”

The #WithTheBanned September read. #FirstLineFridays

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Ellie_H As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson (so good)! 1w

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Killing Mr. Griffin | Lois Duncan

Hey #WithTheBanned readers. Our back-to-school read is Lois Duncan‘s Killing Mr. Griffin. Discussion questions will be posted at the end of the month.

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Zanballer | R. R. Knudson

#Falling #Football

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 🏈 (edited) 2w

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The Summer I Turned Pretty Complete Series | Jenny Han

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Paper Towns | John Green

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First, this is a YA story. Characters are 17-18. So naturally they will behave like how normal teenagers would. They are childish, selfish, cringy, annoying & irritating to adults. So if you get easily annoyed by teenagers or teen characters, don't read it. You'll find it boring and frustrating & I don't want these tags to be associated with this beautiful & bittersweet story.

hya First we get to know about a particular incident that happened in MCs life when they were 10 & then we got to know them 1 month before completing their high school.
I think I needed this story at this point of time in my life. It made me remember my adventures, my somewhat reckless life. But most importantly, it made me remember my friends, my memories with them, my fights, my bond. This story is about the bond despite there being differences or disagreements. Our different characteristics & how, when we are together, we are whole. 3w

hya This story is also about how our imagination of someone is far from that of someone's reality. We can understand each other but can never be each other. But by only imagining being someone else, or the world being something else, is the only way light gets in. It's the machine that kills fascists. 3w

hya This story played with my strings, their importance & how careful we have to be while choosing our metaphors, because they have implications. It's how we see ourselves & how we let the world see us. 3w

hya I didn't cry at the end but it sure made me think, about our roots, our values, our aspirations, love & letting go. People often take love & letting go in opposite senses. But when you understand them & you understand yourself, in my POV, that's the only thing that matters. 3w

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The Neverland Wars | Audrey Greathouse

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This book was so, so good. I was completely captivated. It‘s one of those books that makes your inner child sit up and say, “I knew I was right!” I‘m so bummed that the other two aren‘t on kindle or at my library.

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The Tricksters | Margaret Mahy

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I don't know how I first learned about this 1986 YA novel by NZ author Margaret Mahy but it's been on my Goodreads TBR since 2016.
And it's fantastic!
Middle daughter Harry (real name Ariadne) is a quiet bookish middle daughter in a bustling family. At their summer house for Xmas holidays, three young men crash the party. And it's unclear who or what they are. Did Harry conjure them through her writing?
The story is weird & complex 👇

merelybookish And not altogether clear. It doesn't provide easy answers to the reader. There is a plot development at the end that feels icky by today's standards but otherwise I loved this. Loved how it is messy and strange. It's one of those books I wish I could have read when I was 15. 3w

merelybookish Been thinking of you @Centique while reading this book and wondering about Mahy's reputation in NZ. And then went to a fringe festival show last night called A Complete Idiot's Guide to New Zealand. So lots of 🥝 content for me this week! 😀 3w

ShelleyBooksie Gorgeous cat 3w

merelybookish @ShelleyBooksie Thank you! We love him!! 💖 3w

Centique Wow - you really are deep into the NZ culture! Mahy is HUGELY famous in NZ as a childrens book writer. She died 13 years ago but she was always on TV news and things because she was visiting schools and involved in performances and shows. She was a big personality. But people often didnt know she wrote YA books too. I remembered loving this one as well

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Secrets (Sweet Valley High #2) | Francine Pascal

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

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CBee You know I love this!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💚💚💚 3w

TorieStorieS What a perfect poem! Love it!! ❤️🥰❤️ 3w

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JenlovesJT47 @CBee @TorieStorieS 🤗♥️🥰 3w

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AnnCrystal Sweet 👏🏼🐝👍🏼📚📚🐝💝. 3w

lil1inblue This brings me back! Loved Sweet Valley! 😍 3w

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Playing With Fire (Sweet Valley High #3) | Francine Pascal

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Jessica‘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!

Soscha I still do want to go back & read these. I missed it the first time ‘round. 4w

Ladygodiva7 I‘d love to read SVH all over again! 4w

TorieStorieS @Soscha If you do, please tag me! I‘m having such fun re-reading them… but truly cannot imagine reading them with fresh eyes now as they are definitely a product of their era! 🤣 4w

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TorieStorieS @Ladygodiva7 I am having so much fun with this #SweetValleyReRead! I started this project last year with the Kids series and am only (finally!) to the high school ones! It‘s been such a joy though! 4w

JenlovesJT47 I think I‘m going to have a mini marathon in the next week or two and see how fast I can get through the Kids and Twins series. I really can‘t wait to get to SVU and we should definitely buddy read when you get to that point. You‘re flying through! I read SVH slowly over 6-7 years. But I love these books. Been having such a hard time concentrating on reading lately and focusing on these for a bit might help. 3w

JenlovesJT47 And! I unashamedly adore the character of Bruce Patman, warts and all. He‘s an asshole who‘s pretty consistently an asshole with flashes of humanity here and there. My favorite Bruce is in the Death Valley miniseries. I read those two books over and over again, loved the adventure/danger aspect even though it made zero sense to me why they didn‘t have an adult with them. I‘m imaging my 16-year-old nephew hiking alone in Death Valley. Not pretty! 3w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Well, nothing ends a reading slump like Sweet Valley! I don‘t feel like I‘m flying through since I‘ve been at this for 18 months! But I‘m really enjoying it! And definitely up for an SVU buddy read if you give me time to get through SVH! Oh and the senior year ones!! Most of those will be new to me! 3w

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I am right with you on 1Bruce1 forever!! I love him… even though he‘s a real creeper in these early books! They soften him up and I always loved him in the secret diaries too!! Plus he‘s great in the SVU books, too! He gets to be poor!! 🤣 And definitely there‘s not much parenting or supervision in the series!! I don‘t want to think about any 16 year olds in any of these circumstances in real life!! 3w

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