This was a follow up to Lauren’s Sleepover Exchange, where the farm kids from Walden stayed with the gang in Riverhurst. Now they get to go to Walden where taking a week off from school is apparently okay with everyone. What if someone isn’t allowed to go? Do they just not go to school for a week? Anyhoo, they mostly run around the farm and eat like pigs. What a letdown.
The book before this is the one where they all thought that Stephanie’s dad lost his job, when it turns out that Ms. Green was knocked up. So the gals entered all sorts of sweepstakes and they didn’t realize that they ended up winning a burro. Instead of giving the girls a good slap to the back of the head for doing that, the Greens kept the burro for a while, let it destroy their garage and yard, and pay for it to be in a stable. And basically bend over and take it from Stephanie.
Rebecca Newman from Walden agrees to take it, and Mr. Green is all “yay! I’ll rent a trailer and drive five fucking hours to drop you off and deliver this damn animal and then turn around and go right home! Just what I wanted to do!” Because Stephanie is the most spoiled child ever.
So they are at the farm and the stupid donkey (is that synonymous with burro?) keeps escaping. Also, Kate is staying with some girl Wanda whose family are atrocious slobby pigs, which is explained because their mother is away. Which is totally sexist. Stephanie claims she knows all about controlling kids and comes by and bribes the kids to behave by giving them lots of her stylish black, white, and red clothes. I guess Stephanie learned from her parents about buying children’s respect when they gave her her own fucking house for her birthday.
And they eat…a lot. These books are like food porn. They have pancake breakfasts and go to donut shops, have huge turkey dinners and talk about how they constantly eat until they feel sick and want to burst. Can someone teach these girls healthy eating habits? And to stop eating when they are full? This is going to give them problems later on.
And still, parents let these brats get into all sort of mischief and never get mad. During a truth or dare game, Lauren is dared to sneak out to a haunted cabin, and then Stephanie falls in the lake and screams and wakes everyone up at like 2am, especially the farmer parents who have to be up at 4am. And no one is mad. Parents are doormats in this world. apparently.
I’m so ashamed at how much Stephanie’s fashion choices still seem to influence mine today.
totally. I just bought a red palm centro and I thought of Steph.
oh Steph. If you were a real girl, you would be on the show Super Sweet 16 throwing a hissy fit because your BRAND NEW benz is the wrong color.
Stephanie’s fashion choices are great.Good blog btw!
A burro? For a prize? I’m speechless……..
i never understood the food thing. and also how stephanie is constantly saying she needs to go on a diet. and they’re like, eleven? seriously? a diet?
Maybe Stephanie wouldn’t constantly be talking about needing to go on a diet if the whole series wasn’t just an excuse for freakin’ food porn!!!
is it me or do the girls on the cover have freakishly large heads?
I love this blog! I forgot about these books. Thanks for writing this!
i stumbled across your site while trying to find out whatever happened at the end of the sweet valley series. i love this!!!!!!! brings back memories.
was a huge fan of sleepover friends too. wikipedia doesn’t have anything on them. so u have to read the last book and let me know how it all goes down!!!! i always remembered stephanie’s fave colors were red, white and black too. they only beat u in the head with that tidbit every 10 paragraphs.
hi is cary and sam we have nt seen the book befor i am have a sleep over myname is sam have you seen icarly beFOR SO HAVE A GREAT DAY SEEN YOU SOON YOUR NOT A LOWED TO CAME TO MY SLEEP OVER BECAUSE IT OWN LY SAM AND ME SO BAY
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HI ITS CARLY AND SAM WE ARE HAVE IN A SLEEP OVER AT CARLYS HOUSE WE ARE DOING PILLOW FAST WACH A MOVIE THEN MAKE OVER THEN TELL SICKRITS THEN TRUTH OR DARE TORK AT NIGHT THE IN THE MORING WE ARE GO TO SCHOOL THEN WE DO ICARY AT5. 15 THEN ME AND SAM GO SHOPING THEN WE GO TO HOME AT CARLYS HOUSE ATE 3.50 THEN IT IS NIGHT TIME ME ANDSAM ARE HAVE IN A SLEEP OVER AT CARLYS HOUSE WE STAY UP ALL NIGHT THEN NEXT MOEING WE GO TO SCHOOL AT 3.30 THEN WE HAVE LUNCH AT 12.OO CLOOK THEN WE GO HOME THEN WE DIDINT DO THE SLEEP OVER. SO GOOD NIGHT