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Sweet Valley University #49
Stranded
See America...the hard way.
Jessica Wakefield can't believe her road-trip teammates would actually ditch her. Now she's stuck in the middle of nowhere with no money, no clothes, and no wheels! Can she depend on the kindness of strangers to get on the road again?
Elizabeth Wakefield feels something strong for teammate Sam Burgess--love or hate, she's not sure. When she finds out the real reason he's competing, her feelings burn out of control.
Tom Watts and Todd Wilkins are freaking. How could they accidentally leave Jessica behind? They're sure their team will get disqualified...and Elizabeth will have them both killed. Can they put aside their differences long enough to track down the wayward Wakefield?
Jessica Wakefield can't believe her road-trip teammates would actually ditch her. Now she's stuck in the middle of nowhere with no money, no clothes, and no wheels! Can she depend on the kindness of strangers to get on the road again?
Elizabeth Wakefield feels something strong for teammate Sam Burgess--love or hate, she's not sure. When she finds out the real reason he's competing, her feelings burn out of control.
Tom Watts and Todd Wilkins are freaking. How could they accidentally leave Jessica behind? They're sure their team will get disqualified...and Elizabeth will have them both killed. Can they put aside their differences long enough to track down the wayward Wakefield?
230 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 8, 1999
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Francine Pascal
1,113 books1,844 followersFrancine 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.
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January 7, 2021
Man, I know this one’s been on my shelf forever. I just never picked it up to finish until now. That’s largely because the ongoing saga Liz and Sam made me want to put an ice pick through my skull. It was exactly the same as the first book, with the back and forth whiplash. Also, Tom is still up Liz’s ass to get her back, and I’m not entirely convinced that Todd cares more about Dana than Liz. To quote the late, great Heath Ledger: “Geez, what is it with this chick? Is she a beer can with nipples?” (No, Liz has no sexy body parts, as she never even pees, but I digress).
Meanwhile, Jess is left behind in what she calls Nowheresville, South Dakota. I would love to be in SD right now, but Jess wouldn’t be happy even if all the world was sucking at her toes. And it’s her fault she is left behind because she falls asleep in the diner after fighting with Neil the night before (and when I say fighting, what I really mean is that she cannot stand being rejected because Neil is gay). But not to worry! She quickly runs into a guy who calls himself Elvis (seriously), and accepts a ride from him. Parents, don’t let your children grow up to be Jessica Wakefield. I kept expecting him to be an axe murderer, especially because we know Jess has a horrible track record when it comes to accepting rides from shady strangers (see SVU Wanted for Murder). But actually the only illegal thing “Elvis” did was take Jess for a swim in the Graceland pool at night. Now, I’ve busted into a swimming pool at night, but it wasn’t Graceland. Where the fuck was security?! Probably even they were “blinded” by the Wakefield charm and looked the other way. Vomit.
That’s honestly the gist of the whole book. Jess eventually goes back to her teammates because “Elvis” convinces her to, but after that she’s so insufferable in wanting them to “apologize” for “their” mistake in leaving her behind that I felt my brain going numb, and I just started skimming the ending instead.
That ending is Liz vowing to stay away from Sam. For good this time. So... the exact same ending as book one. Also, one of the girls on Liz’s team is pregnant. Isn’t she 18? Lest we forget, these are all (minus Tom) college freshmen. They’d be 18 or 19, tops. I had a lot of friends get pregnant at 18, and I just can’t even with that. So, moving on to the best part...
Quotes
Jessica’s thoughts: Because if you don’t look good, why bother to live anyway?
“All [Jessica] knew was that she was an all-or-nothing person, and she didn’t do things in half measures.”
Neither did Walter White but, sure, things turned out great for him.
“After all, like that old saying of her grandmother’s, Ruby just knew that a caged songbird never sings.”
I hate to break it to you, Ruby, but that quote is from Maya Angelou and not your grandmother. Also, that’s not really the quote, but I digress.
“[Jessica] knew she could pull a Shania Twain better than Shania herself.”
Meanwhile, Jess is left behind in what she calls Nowheresville, South Dakota. I would love to be in SD right now, but Jess wouldn’t be happy even if all the world was sucking at her toes. And it’s her fault she is left behind because she falls asleep in the diner after fighting with Neil the night before (and when I say fighting, what I really mean is that she cannot stand being rejected because Neil is gay). But not to worry! She quickly runs into a guy who calls himself Elvis (seriously), and accepts a ride from him. Parents, don’t let your children grow up to be Jessica Wakefield. I kept expecting him to be an axe murderer, especially because we know Jess has a horrible track record when it comes to accepting rides from shady strangers (see SVU Wanted for Murder). But actually the only illegal thing “Elvis” did was take Jess for a swim in the Graceland pool at night. Now, I’ve busted into a swimming pool at night, but it wasn’t Graceland. Where the fuck was security?! Probably even they were “blinded” by the Wakefield charm and looked the other way. Vomit.
That’s honestly the gist of the whole book. Jess eventually goes back to her teammates because “Elvis” convinces her to, but after that she’s so insufferable in wanting them to “apologize” for “their” mistake in leaving her behind that I felt my brain going numb, and I just started skimming the ending instead.
That ending is Liz vowing to stay away from Sam. For good this time. So... the exact same ending as book one. Also, one of the girls on Liz’s team is pregnant. Isn’t she 18? Lest we forget, these are all (minus Tom) college freshmen. They’d be 18 or 19, tops. I had a lot of friends get pregnant at 18, and I just can’t even with that. So, moving on to the best part...
Quotes
Jessica’s thoughts: Because if you don’t look good, why bother to live anyway?
“All [Jessica] knew was that she was an all-or-nothing person, and she didn’t do things in half measures.”
Neither did Walter White but, sure, things turned out great for him.
“After all, like that old saying of her grandmother’s, Ruby just knew that a caged songbird never sings.”
I hate to break it to you, Ruby, but that quote is from Maya Angelou and not your grandmother. Also, that’s not really the quote, but I digress.
“[Jessica] knew she could pull a Shania Twain better than Shania herself.”
June 21, 2013
I remember the cover just not the story.
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