Sweet Valley Twins: Teacher's Pet: (A Graphic Novel)

by Francine Pascal, Claudia Aguirre (Illustrator), Nicole Andelfinger (Adapted by)

Overview

"Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, twin sisters and the best dancers in their ballet class, both want to dance the solo in the class recital, but Jessica's convinced Elizabeth will get it because she's the teacher's pet"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593376515
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	06/27/2023
Series:	Sweet Valley Twins , #2
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	232,808
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Francine Pascal is the creator of the Sweet Valley universe, which includes Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley High, and Sweet Valley Unicorn Club. Over their lifetime, Sweet Valley books have sold millions of copies, been adapted into a TV series (in the eighties), and inspired board games, puzzles, and dolls. It is one of the most popular kids' book series of all time. Francine lives in New York and the South of France.


Claudia Aguirre is a Mexican lesbian comic-book artist and writer. She is a cofounder of Boudika Comics, where she self-publishes comics, and is a GLAAD Media Award nominee and Eisner Award nominee.


Nicole Andelfinger was crafting stories as far back as when coloring in the squiggles on your composition book was considered cool. She lives with her absolutely, most decidedly perfect cat in Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

2023-04-24
Twins Elizabeth and Jessica both covet the lead role in their ballet recital.

The blond, blue-eyed middle schoolers are accomplished dancers in Madame André’s ballet class. But Jessica believes that because of her rocky first day, depicted in Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends (2022), the teacher overlooks her in favor of Elizabeth. When dancers are chosen for their recital performance of Coppélia, Elizabeth is selected for the lead, Swanilda. The dancers’ work of learning a position or a pirouette is nicely pictured in several scenes. The various skill levels among dancers are convincingly depicted, and a variety of skin colors and hair textures denote a racially diverse group both at ballet and in school. Elizabeth’s single cowlick distinguishes her from Jessica, whose hair is always smoothly styled. Elizabeth’s role as the more thoughtful and kinder of the pair is confirmed here, while Jessica’s ongoing interest in hanging out with the Unicorn club and gossiping about boys will entertain middle-grade readers. Eventually Elizabeth realizes, when Jessica points it out, that Madame André really has not fully seen Jessica’s skills, and she engineers a plan to save the day when disaster strikes. The middle-class suburb, where the girls can ride their bikes or walk to most places, feels safe and, as Elizabeth says, “It’s California—every day is beach weather.”

Guaranteed to appeal to fans, who will soon be asking when the next one will be out. (Graphic fiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews

"Guaranteed to appeal to fans, who will soon be asking when the next one will be out." —Kirkus Reviews

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