CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE (Sweet Valley High, No 42)

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Summary: Get stuffed Sandra!
Review: Man,Sandra made me sick in this book.She was dating -and so-called in love- with a spanish boy who her father doesn't approve of and she treats him like absolute dirt,trying to keep the truth from her parents.

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Summary: Plot is kind of old...
Review: This book used a rather hackneyed plot: Girl(usually WASP) from wealthy parents falls in love with guy from a poorer family or minority family, girl's parents are snobs and dissaprove of girl's boyfriend and think he's not good enough for their fragile, precious daughter. Another hackneyed addition to this plot: wrong- side-of-the-tracks boyfriend "proves" his worthiness to girl's snobby parents by rescuing the girl. So was the plot with Sandy and Manuel. I might have switched it around so the boy was the one stuck with snobby, wealthy parents. Add variety to overused plots. That's what Ann Martin did in her BSC series. In the BSC, with Logan and Mary Anne, Logan's parents are the wealthier ones and his father looks down his nose at Mary Anne, who comes from a poorer family. AND, Mary Anne doesn't wait around for Logan to rescue her. If I'd been in Sandy's shoes, I'd have brought Manuel to meet her parent early and let her parents see for themselves what he was like!