pickThis book opens with Elizabeth‘s frustration over a missing turquoise sweater that she can‘t find in Jessica‘s disaster of a room. But when all the Unicorns except for Jessica fall victim to the Sweet Valley Swiper (a missing coat, silver earrings, Lila‘s Watchman), it‘s Liz & Amy to the rescue, resurrecting the SVK Super Snoopers to catch the case & catch the thief red-handed! I always love when a twin-switch helps save the day!
pickJess & Lila skip gym class to meet TV star Kent Kellerman. Liz takes off to warn them but only Jess & Lila get caught. As punishment they have to clean blackboards after school & have no after school activities for 2 weeks. This cramps Jess‘s style because she is the star basketball player & the championship game is coming up. She somehow convinces Liz to do a twin switch so she can play in the game. Saint Liz fesses up after Jess wins the ⬇️
pickSVMS has its very own bully! Big bad Dennis Cookman spends all his time bullying the entire 6th grade, beating up poor Jimmy Underwood & extorting money from Lila. Aaron, Ken, Jimmy, Liz & Amy come up with a plan to get back at him. Meanwhile, Grace wants to join the Unicorn Club & Jess tasks her with getting Dennis to join her for lunch as an initiation task. Luckily Grace saves the day in the end & saves Dennis‘ life when the Fearless Five‘s⬇️
“Girls couldn't play baseball, or can they?“ This quote challenges the stereotypes of people thinking girls can't do things.
I would use this book in my classroom to discuss women's rights and determination.
pickThis story was published in 2003 and is historical fiction. This book tells the story of a girl who didn't love all of the things a “normal“ girl should love back in the 1940's. She loved baseball instead but no one let girls play baseball. So, she made a league of her one and how she might have played for the first ever All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
pickMrs. W. is sick & the doctor doesn‘t know what‘s wrong with her. They find a lump on her neck & she has to get tests done. Meanwhile, Mr. W. is on a work trip to NYC, so Jess takes it upon herself to boss Liz & Steven around & do all the housework while their mom is sick. Jess is worried sick that her mom is dying & makes the unfortunate mistake of telling Caroline, the biggest gossip in Sweet Valley. Soon, the whole school thinks Mrs. W. is ⬇️
An alternate cover of the day to go along with my review! 😅
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pickThe 6th & 7th grade class project has each group of students starting a business. Jess is elected president in hers and has about 6 VPs under her 😆 but she has to get a good grade or won‘t be able to go to Kimberley‘s party. Meanwhile, Liz, the patron saint of lost causes, has a new project: Dylan McKay. He‘s the surly older brother of the very popular Tom McKay and he doesn‘t fit in. He‘s a loner & very jealous of all the attention his little⬇️
This is time spent reading on 10/15/24. Got a bit behind cause I‘m trying to figure out the readathon tags for stuff so I hope I‘m doing it right!
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95 points x‘s 5 (4 readathons plus time spent reading) = 475 points
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