Sweet Valley High
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'''''Sweet Valley High''''' is a series of [[Young adult fiction|young adult novels]] attributed to American author [[Francine Pascal]], who presided over a team of [[ghostwriter]]s to produce the series.{{cite news|title= Publishing's Queen of the Teen Romance Finds Success With a Formula|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1986-04-20|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-20-vw-836-story.html|access-date=2010-10-17|first=Elizabeth|last=Mehren}}{{cite news|title= Sweet Valley High sequel to follow characters into 30s |publisher= Guardian|date=2010-02-12|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/12/sweet-valley-high-sequel-30s|access-date=2010-08-28 | location=London | first=Alison | last=Flood}} The books chronicle the lives of identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, who live in the fictional Sweet Valley, [[California]], a suburb near [[Los Angeles]]. The twins and their friends attend Sweet Valley High. |
'''''Sweet Valley High''''' is a series of [[Young adult fiction|young adult novels]] attributed to American author [[Francine Pascal]], who presided over a team of [[ghostwriter]]s to produce the series.{{cite news|title= Publishing's Queen of the Teen Romance Finds Success With a Formula|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1986-04-20|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-20-vw-836-story.html|access-date=2010-10-17|first=Elizabeth|last=Mehren}}{{cite news|title= Sweet Valley High sequel to follow characters into 30s |publisher= Guardian|date=2010-02-12|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/12/sweet-valley-high-sequel-30s|access-date=2010-08-28 | location=London | first=Alison | last=Flood}} The books chronicle the lives of identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, who live in the fictional Sweet Valley, [[California]], a suburb near [[Los Angeles]]. The twins and their friends attend Sweet Valley High. The series ran from the 1980s until the early 2000s and sold more than 200 million copies.Jake Rossen, "13 Things You Might Not Know About the Sweet Valley High Books," Mental Floss, July 30, 2024, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68100/14-things-you-might-not-know-about-sweet-valley-high |
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The series began in 1983, and concluded twenty years later after [[List of Sweet Valley High books|the publication of 181 books]]. The books are generally classified as [[young adult fiction|young adult]] or [[Children's literature|children's fiction]] and belong mostly to the genre of [[soap opera]], [[romance novel]] or fantasy-adventure.{{cite news|title= Queen Of The Teen Romance|work= Chicago Tribune|date=1987-03-01|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/03/01/queen-of-the-teen-romance/|access-date=2010-10-17|first=Bymary|last=Elson}} The series quickly gained popularity and spawned several spin-off series, including ''[[Sweet Valley Senior Year]]'' and ''Sweet Valley University'', as well as a [[Sweet Valley High (TV series)|television adaptation]]. In July 2017, a film adaptation was also announced. |
The series began in 1983, and concluded twenty years later after [[List of Sweet Valley High books|the publication of 181 books]]. The books are generally classified as [[young adult fiction|young adult]] or [[Children's literature|children's fiction]] and belong mostly to the genre of [[soap opera]], [[romance novel]] or fantasy-adventure.{{cite news|title= Queen Of The Teen Romance|work= Chicago Tribune|date=1987-03-01|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/03/01/queen-of-the-teen-romance/|access-date=2010-10-17|first=Bymary|last=Elson}} The series quickly gained popularity and spawned several spin-off series, including ''[[Sweet Valley Senior Year]]'' and ''Sweet Valley University'', as well as a [[Sweet Valley High (TV series)|television adaptation]]. In July 2017, a film adaptation was also announced. |
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