Bruce's Story

Sweet Valley High Super Star #2

by Francine Pascal (Creator), Kate William

A Grand Prize ...

The license plates on Bruce Patman's Porsche read 1BRUCE1, and that's exactly how he thinks of himself - as Number One. Handsome and arrogant, Bruce is used to getting everything he wants.

Bruce's cousin Roger, who lives with the Patman family is nothing like Bruce. Roger was penniless for most of his life. He only recently found out that his late father was a Patman and that he was heir to his father's estate. Roger is still trying to adjust to his newfound wealth.

The boys have only one thing in common - their grandfather, who is one of the richest men in California. A shrewd, hardworking businessman, Mr. Patman decides to set up a contest between Bruce and Roger. The winner will inherit the grandfather's entire estate. The war is on - and Bruce will do anything to win!

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Childrens, Romance, Chick Lit, Collections, Teen

212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

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

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

At least in Lila's book, readers can kind of root for Lila- in this book, Bruce is a dick in so many ways, it just kind of made me hate him more. He pursues a girl who isn't even sure she's interested in him, because he sees her with a new haircut and decides he just wants her/ so he must have her, which is creepy. He doesn't seem to like his own grandfather. He is mean AF to his cousin Roger. He keeps fucking up his Porsche because he's a terrible driver. The basic plotline is forced- his grandfather comes to town and sets up a competition between him and Roger to see who can make more money from 2000 handed to them in two weeks. Like any high school kids would know wtf to do with that kind of assigment. This book wasn't good. Just...nah. Hard pass on this one.

[Michaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

the competition was melodramatic and I still hate Bruce

[Jodie · Rating 4 out of 5]

So good, just can't say enough about this series. Super Stars were just a great edition to this series. I loved every bit of it.

[Fiona · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun one. Obviously nothing beats good Bruce when he was with Regina but this book was still enjoyable even though Bruce sucks. MAJOR SUCKS. It's super wild how the Wakefield twins are almost completely removed from the plot of this book-Jess doesn't factor in at all and Liz barely does, she's just the grade 11 rep for the SAVE project to save the school for disabled kids in Sweet Valley. Apparently they don't all get magically cured in Switzerland then die from cocaine. I also enjoyed exploring the relationship between Bruce and Roger because the series hasn't really touched on this since Roger became a Patman. The best twin is Jess because her one scene is her apologetically hating on Bruce (as she should) even though Bruce's latest girl (senior Tracy Atkins) is there. Highlight was Bruce learning a lesson and being nice to Roger and lowlight was the dumb competiton the grandfather created. What did he think was going to happen? He's asking for the boys to hate each other! To c

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had way too much fun reading this book. Sometimes I just need to kick back with a Sweet Valley book and enjoy the ridiculousness!

[Lizzie the Book Hoarder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bruce and Roger are put into competition by their grandfather.

I enjoyed this look into Bruce's family life and the different person he can be under different circumstances.

[Melenia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved these books as a child

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember the cover just not the story.