Young Adult Revisited

Jessica and Elizabeth are playing around on the beach when Jessica finds something buried in the sand. It’s a necklace with a few gems poking through the grit. When Elizabeth asks to see it, Jessica immediately pulls her hand back. There is something about it that makes her feel like it belongs to her. She sleeps with it under her pillow that night and has vivid nightmares. She sees herself fighting with a man who only has four fingers and standing on a balcony. The twins go for a walk on the beach and see some people at the old Keller mansion. They accidentally run into the director Becka and she offers them roles as extras in the movie. It’s so exciting that Alice calls their cousin Robin and invites her down for spring break, which is conveniently the next week. Word gets out about the movie and the whole middle school goes down. Maria is one of the only people that gets a role. The movie stars a young and spoiled actress named Shawn. She throws multiple tantrums on the set an...

Penny is taking off for a few weeks for a special assignment in Washington DC. Apparently, the government picked just one high school newspaper editor, and they naturally picked someone from Sweet Valley! Everyone wonders who she will pick to be the replacement editor. Olivia thinks that she might get picked because she runs the lit magazine herself. But of course, Penny actually picks Elizabeth. Elizabeth instantly imagines herself as the greatest thing that ever hit town. She fantasizes about Penny staying in DC so she can be the full-time editor. Instead, she discovers that everyone comes down with the flu at the same time. Mr. Collins gets sick too, so she is short on writers and has no adviser. At the same time, Olivia isn't happy with her boyfriend Rod. Every time they go out or see each other, he wants to talk about Liz. He keeps suggesting they go on a double date and cozies up to her. When they go on a double date, he spends the whole time talking to Liz and ignoring...