Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Center of Attention
Center of Attention | Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne
2 posts | 2 read
A chapter book. Sweet Valley Twins #18.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
JenlovesJT47
Center of Attention | Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne
post image
Pickpick

Mrs. W. is sick & the doctor doesn‘t know what‘s wrong with her. They find a lump on her neck & she has to get tests done. Meanwhile, Mr. W. is on a work trip to NYC, so Jess takes it upon herself to boss Liz & Steven around & do all the housework while their mom is sick. Jess is worried sick that her mom is dying & makes the unfortunate mistake of telling Caroline, the biggest gossip in Sweet Valley. Soon, the whole school thinks Mrs. W. is ⬇️

JenlovesJT47 Dying, & Jess basks in being the center of attention, although she is genuinely very worried about her mom. She gets given the lead in the school musical by default because everyone thinks her mom is dying. They finally get the test results back & Mrs. W. doesn‘t have cancer, yay! But soon Jess starts feeling guilty about how she got the lead in the play, & she fesses up & does the right thing. It was nice seeing a softer side to Jessica, who ⬇️ 2w
36 likes2 comments
review
TorieStorieS
Center of Attention | Francine Pascal, Jamie Suzanne
post image
Pickpick

Alice has been tired, cranky & generally ill. She skips family outings & even a trip to NYC. Jessica‘s very worried— at first she thinks she‘s pregnant, but when she overhears a phone conversation about a lump & biopsy, she‘s convinced her mother‘s dying. When she confides in gossipy Caroline Pearce, soon the whole school knows & the sympathy she receives gets her the lead in the musical, but when it‘s only a virus, she does the right thing!