Young Adult Revisited

Sasha and Cal are twins and friends with Kate, who invited Jody, our main character, on a skiing vacation. Kate couldn't go at the last minute but she pressed Jody to go without her, even though she doesn't really know anyone else. Along for the ride is the hunky Drew, his friends Billy and Chris, and Ellen who has a crush on him. This is way too many people to introduce in the first three pages of a book! Jody makes a comment about the town being smaller than she thought, which causes Chris, who turns out to be a girl, to snap at her. They finally get to the cabin, and Drew does a little flirting with her. Apparently Chris has the hots for him, and this sets her off too. I get the feeling these two won't like each other very much. After telling everyone that she planned a party, Sasha takes them all out on the slopes. She comes up with this crazy game where she leaves an orange peel in the middle of the slope. They all have to ski down and try to grab it wi...

Dylan and his brother Steve live on Fear Street but somehow have never had any weird experiences, which annoys Dylan because he really wants to see a ghost. After talking about it with his brother, they hear a strange crashing sound outside, which turns out to be their dad cutting down trees to make room for a new swimming pool. With the trees gone, Dylan can see the outline of a tree house in the woods. He convinces his brother to go with him into the woods to find the tree house. They notice that the boards are black and that it looks like it went through a massive disaster. As they walk home, Dylan also notices that the temperature suddenly gets warmer the closer they get to their house, which is proof that the tree house is haunted. It doesn't help when they see a weird light near the tree house later that night. They head out to investigate and come across sisters Betsy and Kate in the woods. They are supposedly visiting from Connecticut, but I totally d...

Jessica found out that if she can increase her grades just a little more, she can make it honor roll. While Elizabeth believes in her, she thinks it's pretty funny. That is until her twin actually does make the honor roll. The Wakfields suddenly want to take her out to dinner and make a big deal out of it, which makes Liz feel bad. The two girls also argue over the television. Jessica wants to watch Lifestyles of the French and Famous, while Elizabeth wants to watch an interview with Amanda Howard. While they fight over the remote, Steven sneaks in, steals the remote, and turns it to a game. When they get to school the next day, they're still so mad at each other that they can't talk or work together, which leaves Jessica to whip up a batch of cookies on her own. The teacher gives them a recipe but leaves out spices and decorations so they can make their own recipes. Jessica and Elizabeth start fighting again, and she accidentally knocks some random ingredi...

Dove, Luce, and Connie are best friends arguing over the new perfume Venom. The manufacturer only ran one ad that informed people it was available from Dry Ice, which is some random trendy store that sounds like Hot Topic. Since Dove is incredibly shy and quiet, they think it's ridiculous that she would even think about buying a bottle. She still checks under her bed before going to sleep and worries about everything in the world. When they get to the store, she instantly worries about the perfume. She picks up a lingering underlying scent in the store and feels uncomfortable. Her friends open the bottle, which by the way looks like an ancient snake and not the bottle on the cover, and they don't like the smell. It appeals to Dove though, and while her friends think she's crazy, she decides to buy a bottle. Connie and Luce drop her off at home, which turns out to be some mass produced condominium complex. She keeps thinking about the perfume to the point whe...

Since Lila Fowler always gets what she wants and she has a passing interest in horses this week, her dad gets her a horse. Conveniently, Elizabeth's passion for horses just started. The girls in school go crazy about Lila having a horse. They want to ride it all the time and spend time with her to get to her horse. Jessica suggests that Liz talk to her too, but Liz is more concerned with the newspaper and with her horseback riding lessons. Lila asks Liz to write an article about Thunder for the paper, but Liz turns her down. As she keeps seeing people talking about the horse, she decides that she wants to see it too. She offers to write the article, and Lila schedules a time for them to go to the stable. Elizabeth ends up falling in love with Thunder. She goes to ride him all the time and does a lot of the upkeep that Lila hates. Eventually, Liz and Lila starts spending way too much time together, and it really starts to annoy Jessica. Lila even arranges for the st...

Sydney and Emma are best friends who work together. The only difference between the two is that Sydney's family is super rich and Emma has to work to buy everything she wants. Sydney convinces her to go outside with her to help her with the trash, and she accidentally drops her silver charm bracelet in the dumpster. After dealing with a big ass rat, she finds her necklace and a little something extra: a bag filled with $50 bills. Emma instantly thinks of all the stuff she could buy with the money, but she also thinks about the medical bills her mother has that she can't afford. Sydney's idea of suffering for money is that she has to buy her own car insurance for the brand new car her parents gave her. They reach an agreement, they'll bury the money in the Fear Street Woods and watch for any news. If no one shows up on the news looking for it, they'll go back and split it between them. Sydney then heads off to meet her new boyfriend Jason. Emma never ...

I can't even begin to explain how excited I was to read this book! This one came way after I stopped reading BSC books, but since Abby and are both Elvis fans, I did a little happy dance in the thrift store. Dawn and Jeff are back for the summer in Stoneybrook. Since their dad cares not for custody agreements or the fact that they were supposed to spend all summer there, he randomly decides to pick them up a few weeks early. Since his art dealer friends needs an RV driven to California, he wants to take them on a cross country trip. I strongly dislike Mr. Schafer. Watson hears about it and decides to take a trip too. He invites some of Kristy's friends, and since Dawn's dad doesn't want to feel left out, he does the same thing. At the last minute, they realize there are too many people in one RV, so Kristy decides to go with Dawn's family instead of her own family. Each BSC member gets to pick one thing they want to do. Stacey : Let's get Stacey ...