pickAfter a parent-teacher conference, everyone agrees that Elizabeth is too smart to stay in the 6th grade. She gets a whole new schedule, & to her twin‘s horror (especially since this means Liz is invited to 7th/8th only parties!), immediately becomes a 7th grader! Steven helps with a reverse psychology plan, but though Liz aces her new classes, she lacks the fashion sense needed & feels out of place with spin the bottle in particular! New to me!
Cuddling up with the baby boy doing some evening reading. About 40 pages in, hoping it‘ll pick up soon.
pick12 students join a special creative writing class— Liz wants Todd to be in it, but he with an undefeated basketball team & his dad‘s pressure, he‘s not sure he can. He decides to give it a chance & then really gets into it—even skipping practice! Mr. Wilkins tries to have the teacher fired & Todd feels like he has no choice but to flee. Liz talks him into staying & it works out! Also, the twins buy their first bras in a hilarious series of tries!
pickUsually the heaviest sleeper in the house, Jessica is the only one to stir when the house rumbles around her. In the morning, they learn this is the first #SweetValleyEarthquake since 1972! Liz wants to write about it for The Sixers, but Jess is the only one who seems to have experienced it. As usual, she starts exaggerating & soon has talked herself into predicting the next quake! Lila wants to humiliate her, so she throws a party, tees are made!
After reading “My Secret Sister,” by Helen Edwards and Jenny Lee Smith, I would recommend reading “Secret Daughter” by Shilpi Somaya Gowda or “Please Adopt Me” by Lynne Pardoe. These books give the reader the same feeling. Jenny had been wealthy growing up, while Helen, her long lost twin was poor, abused and uncared for. Toward the second half of this novel, Jenny‘s father passed away. That extremely affected her life because he was a great
pickLila prepares to throw the Founder‘s Fling to celebrate Unicorn Club (the mayor even attends!) with souvenir tees & wants a purple hot air balloon to add the perfect finishing touch. But after her credit card is declined, the chauffeur‘s fired, George says no to the balloon & she overhears him saying he lost a fortune, Lila concludes she‘s poor. She asks Melissa to be her “poverty advisor”— it‘s all ridiculous & a dog manages to warm Jessica‘s ❤️!
pickIt‘s another #SweetValleyChristmas & though the Wakefields have plans for a skiing trip with both sets of grandparents, Jessica & Mandy Miller enter a recipe contest for the Pineapple People & win a trip to Hawaii! Liz would rather ski, & Jessica insults Lila by inviting Mary Wallace instead since Lila‘s already been. Mr. Fowler comes to the rescue & joins them & pays for Lila, Ellen & Janet—along with his new girlfriend, Bambi. Lila hates her!
The author uses techniques like "I," "we," "me," "us," etc. to show the audience what perspective it is coming from. The author expresses how Helen feels, with powerful words to enhance the reader‘s imagination. I enjoy reading books like "My Secret Sister” because it shows how different life can be for the less fortunate and the fortunate. This is the ideal book for those who love emotional, dramatic and tense novels.
Helen was brought up during the post-war years. She was physically abused by her father and verbally mistreated by her mother. She only felt protected with her gran. Jenny Lee Smith, Helen‘s twin, grew up in Newcastle. She was an only child. Jenny was extremely loved by everyone, especially her father, who loved her dearly. She enjoyed playing golf with her family and friends. Edwards and Lee Smith wrote this novel in first person point of view.
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