Attic Treasures

Kevin will probably accuse me of ripping off his book blog, but actually, I went through a box of old children's books from the attic today. I was looking for some I could use in my fifth-grade classroom, and found these gems while I was at it...as well as the meager remnants of my once-glorious Babysitters' Club collection. I've copied the summaries straight off the back for you to enjoy.

Sweet Valley University: Broken Promises, Shattered Dreams

Billie Winkler and Steven Wakefield are having a baby! But Steven's joy quickly turns to misery when Billie tells him that marriage is not the only option. Will this mean the end of Billie and Steven?

Now that she owns her own clothing business, Jessica Wakefield's life is perfect! But then her flirty partner, Val Tripler, and scheming ex-husband, Mike McAllery, disappear with all the company's borrowed money. How will Jessica find her way out of this one?

Lila Fowler's sick of her freeloading friends! She opens a nonprofit doughnut shop to help the neighborhood (what?!), and her friends help themselves to all the free food. Can Lila keep her store without losing her friends?

I didn't remember seeing this book ever before, and sure enough, it was published in 1996. I know that we have some of our cousins' things mixed in with ours, so I will pin ownership of this book on either Amy, Jenna, or Ashley.

Sweet Valley University: A Married Woman

Jessica Wakefield is now Mrs. Michael McAllery. But her husband still hasn't changed his troubling ways. Everyone warned her he was bad news. Whom can she turn to now?

Elizabeth Wakefield is determined to find the leader of the evil secret society that attacked her friend Nina Harper. Her only lead is a cryptic message from Tom Watts: The leader is closer than Elizabeth thinks.

Ooooooohh. Crazy. Amy (who did not admit to being the owner of any of these) and I were wondering who the target audience was for the Sweet Valley University books. After all, the subject matter is too "mature" for kids, but it is unlikely that anybody over 10 would want to read them, and even then, they'd just be reading it to be naughty. Or something.

There were more. Oh, there were more. They were too good to leave out, so when I figure out how to work the scanner and can quit ripping pictures off Amazon, I will share them in future installments.