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Sweet Valley Confidential - Francine Pascal (2011)
Those Sweet Valley High twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are back after a 10-year hiatus and suddenly the girls, who were always inseparable, are living on different coasts and not speaking to each other. Things are not so idyllic for the Wakefield twins and their friends from Sweet Valley High. Jessica committed the ultimate betrayal, which led Elizabeth to dash off to New York and cut off all communications with her sister. The once sweet and caring twin, Elizabeth now wants nothing more than to get revenge on Jessica, but what is the best way to go about punishing someone who ruined her life? On the other coast, Jessica is the talk of the town for what she did to her sister and she's not happy about it. Though she is doing well at work, she can't shake the need to be near her sister. However, that doesn't seem possible as Elizabeth is not even answering her phone. Will these two finally put their differences behind them and get on with life or is the rift between them too big to ever mend? Told through flashbacks of years gone by and also through current events, readers will either love the story or hate it. At points, the flashbacks were a little annoying, but overall the story is well told and gives a good glimpse of what happened to the famed twins over the past decade. (AS)
Here's the cover and early summary for Sweet Valley Confidential, Francine Pascal's follow-up to her successful teen series. "Ten years after graduating from Sweet Valley High, the Wakefield twins have had a falling out of epic proportions. When Jessica commits what can only be considered a complete and utter betrayal, Elizabeth flees to New York to escape the pain and immerse herself in her lifelong dream of becoming a serious reporter. But her rift with Jessica is never far from her mind, and even putting 3000 miles between them can't dull the pain of Jessica's duplicity. Elizabeth decides that the only way to heal her own heart is to get revenge on her sister. She was always the "good" twin, the one getting her headstrong sister out of trouble, but now she's about to turn the tables." Sweet Valley Confidential is out in March 2011. You can sign up at a special website to receive a sneak peek at chapter one.