Ok so not long ago I wrote a post about my thoughts on all the books coming out that are part of a series. That same week I got a book from a series I read as a teenager. Getting that book got me thinking, thinking about the book series I read as a teenager - well probably more a middle grader.
The First Series I Loved:
The Sunfire Romance Series put out by Scholastic.
Here's what Wikipedia had to say about them.
The Sunfire books contained two themes: history and romance. Each book featured a teenage girl who experienced a particular period or event in American history. At the same time, with very few exceptions, the girl was torn between two potential lovers.
The girl was typically ahead of her time in ideas and actions and the suitor she almost always chose was the one who approved of or accepted her actions. The cover art always featured the main character flanked by her two potential lovers, along with scenes from the historical event or period that was the setting for the book.
The books were written by a group of authors, Vivian Schurfranz (9), Jane Claypool Miner (6), Candice F. Ransom (6), Mary Francis Shura (6), Jeffie Ross Gordon (2), and Willo Davis Roberts (3).
Let me share of picture of my favorite three titles so you have a visual. Seeing the covers might also jog some memories out there.
I loved these books! I remember getting so wrapped up in wondering what boy she would choose. Would she get to do what she wanted? The girls were always on some sort of adventure, and she always seemed so brave and strong. These girls never had plain, dull, boring lives like I felt I had when I was 12.
A few years ago I was recovery from surgery. My friends gave me some gift cards. I remembered these books, so I used the money to buy as many of the books in the series that I could. I have no where near all 32 books, but I will at some point!
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The Second Series I Loved:
Sweet Valley High
Now I don't mean Sweet Valley Twins. I mean the original ones. I would check out the bookstore everytime we went to the mall to see if the new book was out. I think they came out like once a month or something. I remember the excitement of getting the new books and having it in the crinkly orange B. Dalton's bag. I'd tear into it when I got home, having it done by the next day for sure. Then of course I reread them over and over. I wanted to be Jessica or Elizabeth. Oh and I wanted a lavalier necklace just like them. I still don't know excatly what their laviler necklace was, but here's what I found when I Googled it.
Again from Wikipedia:
A lavalier is a type of jewelry, consisting of a pendant with one stone, suspended from a necklace. It is named for the type of pendant popularized by the Duchesse de la Vallière, a mistress of King Louis XIV of France. Within the fashion world, the name was eventually shortened to "lavalier(e)".
Just recently I got a copy of the first book: Double Love. I started to reread it. I'll finished it soon, but I think somethings are better left to memories!
Here are some of the covers form the orignial series.
So, what series do you remember reading when you were much younger?