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Comic and Graphic Books.
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HTML:The New York Times best-selling world of Sweet Valley returns in graphic novel form with Sweet Valley Twins! Elizabeth's best friend Amy wants to join Cheer Club but that means going against the Unicorn Club! Can Elizabeth protect Amy...even if it means standing up to her sister Jessica to do it? No matter what Elizabeth does she can't stop her best friend, Amy Sutton, from trying out for the Unicorn Club's cheering squad. Elizabeth is sure that the Unicorns are going to steal Amy away from her but when it is revealed that Jessica and the rest of the Unicorns don't want Amy, what should Elizabeth do? The Unicorns will do anything to keep Amy off the squad! Can Elizabeth stand by and watch Amy get hurt? And if Elizabeth takes Amy's side against the Unicorns does this mean she'll be taking a stand against her own twin sister?!. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This time, the Unicorns have a bee in their collective bonnets because Amy has the gall to consider trying out for the Boosters, the cheerleading team that the Unicorns have decided to start. Because teachers are utterly unfair (cough), they're forced to hold open try-outs, which means that undesirable characters like Amy get to launch an attack on Unicorn territory. Or something.
Sweet Valley Middle School also happens to be holding try-outs for the basketball team right when the Unicorns are holding their cheer auditions. Ken Matthews (who is the shortest boy in school at this point, not the buff football captain he'll end up being) is eager to follow in his father's footsteps and be on the team, but Bruce Patman finds the idea hilarious. To be fair, Ken doesn't exactly demonstrate any talent for the game, even putting his height aside.
Elizabeth being Elizabeth, she has to interfere, so
The Unicorns are furious at Amy's refusal to drop out of the Booster trials, so they decide to up their bullying a little. They fake letters from Amy to Ken and Ken to Amy, saying that they should both drop out of their respective auditions, throwing in a declaration of love from Amy, just for good measure. Amy isn't fooled for a moment when she receives her letter, but Ken is completely freaked out, as he likes Amy because she isn't “mushy”, like all girls generally are.
Once again, it's Liz to the rescue, thanks to a bit of eavesdropping in the girls' loos.
Amy and Ken both stand up to their bullies and show up for their respective trials. The Unicorns try to throw Amy, but she and Ken both rise to the occasion and prove to be absolute stars. Everyone is suitably chastened and the Unicorns are suddenly fine with Amy being on the team. Despite her 'stringy' hair and the fact that she is—gasp—a tomboy!
This is quite a fun book, with parallel plots that offset each other quite nicely. Although there's still no real punishment for the bullies in this one, at least they're made to see the error of their pre-expectations about Amy and Ken, if not the error of their nasty behaviour. On another level, it's also a sporting underdog story, and boy am I a sucker for those.
I wish Elizabeth would stop whining about how she's losing Jessica, though. They live together. Can't Jess spend five minutes with the unicorns without Liz freaking out?
Moral of the Story? Don't let bullies stop you going after what you want.
[re-read. previously read a couple of times]