Young Adult Revisited

Even though this is book number 111 and the first book started the school year, it's somehow Thanksgiving in Sweet Valley. Alice goes completely bonkers because it's their turn to host the big family dinner. Her sister Laura is coming from Arizona with her daughter Kelly and her sister Nancy is coming with her husband and their kids Robin and Stacey. The twins have a vacation from school and want to relax, but Alice gives them tons of chores to do like dusting all the light bulbs, mopping the kitchen floor, and vacuuming the stairs. The twins are both tired and start getting really snippy with each other. Jessica acts like Elizabeth is a slob for leaving a sweater downstairs and not taking it to her room and throws a fit when Liz points out that Jess actually borrowed that sweater and lost it. They also fight over who will do what chores and what they'll do when their cousins get there. Alice tells them to knock it off. Jessica overhears Alice on the phone and sa...

River Heights is randomly selected as the site of some massive games event like the Olympics but for high school students. Both Nancy's family and George's family agree to take in girls running against each other. Nancy winds up with Cheryl, but George winds up with Marta, a girl from Germany who kinda seems like a bitch. Her trainer Helga shows up with her and demands to stay in their home. It turns out that someone wants Cheryl to lose real bad. Among the suspects are Eric, a photographer, Steve, his main competition, Willy, some random dude who barely turns up in the book, and both Helga and Marta. During the first celebration event, someone pushes Cheryl off the stage, but she manages to catch herself at the last possible second. A random Swiss girl claims she saw someone push Cheryl, but when Nancy talks to her, she can't actually remember what she saw. Cheryl gets threatening phone calls at Nancy's house, someone coats her gym bag in honey, and...