Friendship, romance, family and school social life define the young adult series created and supervised by Francine Pascal. Sweet Valley High follows identical twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, whose contrasting personalities generate stories about dating, rivalry, reputation and changing friendships in a highly serialised California setting. Pascal also created Fearless, which turns towards action and suspense through a teenage heroine with unusual fearlessness, and wrote stand-alone fiction for younger readers. Her prose and series concepts are fast, accessible and strongly plot-led, with cliffhangers and recurring casts encouraging continuous reading. Useful discovery categories include classic YA, school romance and teen series fiction. Sweet Valley High is the essential starting point for the cultural and publishing phenomenon most closely associated with her name. Read more Less