Young Adult Revisited

Kimberly Haver is like way more mature, responsible, and sophisticated than any other member of the Unicorn Club. I know this because she says it roughly 387 times in this book. The girls are all at the mall hanging out before Lila's driver picks them up and takes them back to her house for the night. Kimberly is already annoyed that the girls hate her favorite movie star when they come across an ad for an older movie. Since she remembers seeing it in the theater when she was a whopping six years old and her friends don't, she just rolls her eyes and thinks about how she's so much older than them. Lila then makes the mistake of seeing someone and trying to cover it up, but it turns out that she has a crush on Jerry McAllister. Even though he's always been a dick, she suddenly likes him. Kimberly suggests asking him if he likes Lila, but Lila flips out and runs off to do some more shopping, though she does pause to wonder if maybe he really does like her. ...

Bruce Patman is totally fed up with how lame Sweet Valley is and wants something that will rock all their socks off. That's what convinces him to come up with an idea for Club X. He shows up at school one day with a black leather motorcycle jacket on that has a big X in white across the back. Then Ronnie Edwards starts wearing the same jacket. Before long, Tad Johnson joins their crew. Though everyone wants to know the deal, Bruce just tells them that it's his new secret club. Only members can know what they do. Jessica decides that she wants to join, but Bruce refuses because it's a club just for dudes. Lila, Amy, and Jessica all agree to do whatever it takes to get an invite and find out the big secret. This leads to a huge fight in the middle of the cafeteria with the girls pointing out all the things women did in the past and the guys claiming that they're just better. Bruce finally breaks down and says the girls can join, but to no one's surprise, Am...

We're going way back in time for this one, to a time when Elizabeth, Kristy's mom, and Watson finally set their wedding day. They ask all the kids to be involved in the ceremony. Kristy is the bridesmaid, Charlie will give her away, Sam will be the best man, Karen will be the flower girl, and I can't remember what the heck David Michael does. Andrew says he doesn't want to be part of it at all. Things quickly go to hell in a hand basket. Elizabeth finds out that work needs to send her on a trip during the original wedding date. She pushed the wedding date back and then got a call that someone wants to buy the house and wants them out in a month. The end result is that they need to get married in two weeks. She flips out and immediately starts going through the house before deciding to focus on the wedding plans. Multiple people, including family and friends, offer to help. Both of Kristy's aunts announce that they're coming to town early, and so ...

Caroline Pearce is a huge gossip and the kind of girl that no one wants to ever be around. Since she was feeling lonely one night and wished she had a boyfriend, she decided to just make one up. Her fake guy is named Adam and is from Cold Springs, a town a few hours away. Adam plays baseball and absolutely loves her. To make the letters more convincing, Caroline used lines from Robert Barrett Browning poems to his wife Elizabeth. When the book opens, she tells her sister, Anita, all about the party that Bruce threw the night before. Since Anita was super popular in school though, it's not all that exciting to her. All she really cares about is that her sister is hanging out with the Wakefield twins and going to the beach with them. Caroline made that part up though, and when she stops by their house, Liz says she can't go and that Jessica is still asleep, so she goes by herself. She does stop long enough to see a letter in the trash can that blew over from Alice talk...

Hallie and Jenna were besties until Hallie and her parents moved away to Shadyside. Since it's summer and she has nothing to do, Jenna hops on the train to visit her. Hallie's parents welcome her with open arms and make her a peach pie, which is her favorite. After dinner, Hallie tells her all about the Fears and some of the rumors about them floating around town. She also insinuates that she hasn't really made any friends yet. Jenna reminds Hallie of when they used to tell each other ghost stories, which leads to Hallie suggesting that they go somewhere special. It turns out to be the cemetery on Fear Street. She also tells Jenna about how the Fears had two daughters who died and how everyone thinks they're crazy. They wind up finding the girls' headstones and scare each other because they think the girls aren't dead when they hear something. That something is actually Angelica Fear who invites them to stick around and listen to her talk about her gi...

Carson takes the whole crew out to a fancy restaurant to celebrate the end of a big case. While getting ready, Nancy answers a call from someone who hangs up after hearing her voice. She tells them that she received multiple calls like that in the past. Carson blows it off but then some random dude shows up with a package. It has a picture of a dude inside with a threatening note on the bottom. It turns out that several years ago, Carson worked on an embezzlement case. He defended this guy Allard who was accused of stealing from the bank he worked for with the help of a partner named Gleason. Carson got Allard off, but Gleason was found guilty and sentenced to hail time. Gleason recently got out, which was right around when someone started threatening Carson. He begs Nancy to stay out of it, which lasts for one whole page. Nancy decides it wouldn't hurt to look into things and calls the chief to get Gleason's new address. She heads over and finds a bunch of cops...

Steven is home from SVU once again, and everyone acts like it's a huge deal even though he comes home all the time. This time, it's because Cara is about to head off for a trip to London with her mom. They all have suggestions for what she should do, but she says she'll probably be in the hotel by herself most of the time while her mom does business stuff. Steven gets her alone for a little moment and tells her how much he'll miss her. Though they have a sweet moment, he can't help noticing that she's not that excited. When she comes back, he's way too busy with school because he wants to get into some special law school program that will help him graduate faster. Cara asks to come up and see him, and he finally gives in as long as she lets him get his work done. She actually keeps coming onto him and kissing him. When he finally takes a break, she breaks down and tells him that her mom got a promotion and that they're moving to London...in th...