Sweet Valley Blizzard!

Sweet Valley Kids #74

by Francine Pascal, Molly Mia Stewart

In the words of 7-year-old Elizabeth Wakefield...My twin sister Jessica's pen pal from Alaska is coming to visit! We want to make him feel at home. But there's one thing missing: snow! It never snows in Sweet Valley, California. Does it?

Genres: Childrens, Middle Grade

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

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

[Pastel Paperback · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one is so silly but still kind of cute.

The SV kids have pen pals from Alaska and one of them is actually visiting California! They go to great lengths to welcome him by trying to turn their classroom into a papery winter wonderland, then Lila goes BIG and has her dad hire a snow machine? That actually creates enough snow in Southern California that it covers the lawn and they can like sled and build snowmen? That had to be expensive.

Finally, they realize their pen pal friend actually would just like to enjoy sunny Sweet Valley (um duh guys,) but then it randomly snows *for real* at the beach. QUESTIONABLE. But kinda cute.

[Andy]

7-year-old twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield live in Sweet Valley, California, where it never snows. When Jessica’s pen pal from Alaska comes to visit, they want to make him feel at home. Can they make it snow in the valley?

[Ruvi Perera · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a somewhat okay book. Not one of my favourites.

[Kylie · Rating 3 out of 5]

sweetvalleyrecaps
Sweet Valley Kids 74 - Sweet Valley Blizzard!
Jessica’s pen pal Mooseboy - I mean, Bob - is visiting Sweet Valley! Everyone is excited, except Jess. The boys keep calling him her boyfriend so she’s made a list of things for Bob to be taught by the boys while in California - including how to use electricity 🤔 Jess avoids Bob like the plague, even though all the girls think he’s cute. The class have decorated the room with winter theme, and Lila throws a winter party with fake snow. But Bob is sad. Liz convinces Jess to be nice to him, and that helps cheer him up, but, it turns out Bob wanted a California experience. So they go on a class trip (this guy is wasting his vacation) to the beach! And its great! Until it SNOWS AT THE BEACH. I’m done 🤦🏼‍♀️
My rating - 3/10 - it was cute seeing Jess have her first crush, but snowing at the beach out of nowhere?!

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember the cover but just not the story