![]() ![]() One of Pascal's early readers was Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody. "I just felt that that would be a lot of fun for them, to see what happened when these marvelous characters that they loved so much, became their age," Pascal says. In it, the twins are now 27, and confronting very adult problems. ![]() ![]() I would meet women in their late 20s or 30s, and when they found out who I was they became 16 again."Īnd it's for these women that Pascal wanted to revisit the twins in a new book. Sweet Valley High creator Francine Pascal, now 72 years old, says, "It's always surprised me how alive this series was. It is a morality play, albeit one soaked in Aquanet. Jessica, is the evil one, always trying to sabotage her sweet sister. If you've never read a Sweet Valley High book, this is all you need to know: it's the story of two blond twins - Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield. Now, she's written an update called Sweet Valley Confidential, and the original series is set to become a major motion picture. ![]() It's been 10 years since author Francine Pascal wrote the last book. Long before Twilight or Gossip Girl dominated the tween reading lists, there was one series from the 1980s that set the bar for mega-hits in young adult literature: Sweet Valley High. ![]()
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