Steven the Zombie

Sweet Valley Twins #78

by Francine Pascal

Has Jessica's joke backfired?

While reading a book about old New Orleans, Jessica Wakefield learns all about voodoo and decides to try it out herself. She knows exactly who she'll make a voodoo doll of—her brother, Steven, of course.

Incredibly, the doll works! Poor Steven is lurching and leaping and writhing for days. Jessica is exhilarated by her powers...until she loses control of them. Steven's still moaning in pain, but Jessica's not doing voodoo anymore. Now Steven's a zombie, and it's all her fault!

Genres: Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction

139 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Francine Paula Pascal was an American author best known for her Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High, the backbone of the collection, was made into a television series, which led to several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they remained so popular that several titles were re-released decades later.

Reviews

[Amanda Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well I wasn’t expecting an Antebellum party in a Sweet Valley Twins book but here we are. Outdated references aside, this was really fun. Jessica performs voodoo on her pesky older brother Steven. Chaos ensues. An important life lesson is learned. Meanwhile Elizabeth and Todd are tasked with cooking a southern meal for their entire social studies class and it proves to be quite the endeavor as neither of them are good at cooking.

[Joannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like it so much

[Natasha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jessica and her classic scheming ways made me missed my childhood so much.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I LOVE this one.

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read so many of these books I can't remember all of them.