![]() The dialogue is still corny (The "Infamous Rick Andover. But modern junk does not a modern teen-dream fantasy make. The Sweet Valley kids now have cell phones and blogs, a school Web site instead of newspaper, a Jeep Wrangler instead of a red Fiat Spider, and occasional mentions of Botox and MTV. The light-and-fluffy series every girl read in the '80s - and way before high school - is back with a 2008 makeover. ![]() ![]() Alarmingly, the twins have also gotten skinnier in this iteration: size 6 in the '80s, size 4 today. To modernize the series, new brands are peppered throughout, especially cars. The iffiest thing that new readers of the series will find in the first book is a bad-boy drunken car chase with unwilling passengers, an almost-forced kiss, a fistfight, and some serious lying and conniving behavior from Jessica against her own sister - with barely any consequences. Parents need to know that this revamped series from the '80s says it's for teens, but, just like in the '80s, the simplicity and candy-coated quality of the stories will mainly interest tweens, especially those who like High School Musical. ![]() Mentions of a girl's family members being in and out of rehab.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. His bad-boy friends are all drinking before a show. ![]() Bad-boy Rick drinks, smokes, and drives drunk. ![]()
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