Young Adult Revisited

Some super famous play director named Mr. Goodman chooses one high school every year to stage a new play and shocker of shockers, he chose Sweet Valley High this year. Jessica wants the female lead in MacBeth. She and Lila duke it out because this is one of those books where Lila randomly wants to be a famous actress. Jessica spends all of her free time preparing for the troy outs and ignores all her friends and Sam. She also can't help noticing this random girl staring at her all the time. After asking around, she finds out that it's a new sophomore name Paula. Paula finally works up the nerve to talk to Jessica and raves about her so much that Jess decides that she's probably okay. Jessica winds up landing the big role and Lila gets cast as a witch. She refuses to do the part until they butter her up about how she's got such a great range that the role would be perfect for her. While helping Jessica rehearse for the play, Liz overhears Paula giving on...

Jessica is so sick and tired of Lila constantly bragging about how great she is and how she's super rich. Trust me, if I had to put up with her all the time, I would be too. Her dad recently took her on a trip to Hawaii, so she starts out bragging about that. Her dad then buys a box for the upcoming Dynamo show for her and his clients. Jessica can't stop seething because she thinks the lead singer Nick Englund is super hot and because her family never gets anything. Later that night, she comes across a contest advertisement in Teenager Magazine, which somehow sounds even more ridiculous than Teen Bop. It's for an all expenses paid family vacation to Paris. The only catch is that the winning entry must be from a French oriented family. Jessica daydreams and fills out the form with her dream family. Her mom is an interior decorator who is also a ballerina and cooks French food. Her dad is a lawyer and a famous artist, and her brother is in a jazz band. She doesn...