This in-depth look at Francine Pascal and her Sweet Valley High books is a fascinating read. (No joke.) My parents never let me read the Sweet Valley books when I was in middle school, and I have little interest in reading the new installment in the series (Sweet Valley Confidential, which comes out tomorrow and features the Wakefield twins in their late twenties), but I still appreciate the Daily Beast's fearless reporting on this relic of my childhood.

Labels: teen literature