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Anna Carey is a journalist, scriptwriter and the author of five novels for young adults, the most recent of which is The Making of Mollie, which was shortlisted for the Senior Children's Book of the Year Prize at the 2016 Irish Book Awards. Her first book The Real Rebecca won the same prize at the 2011 Irish Book Awards.

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#61 | SECOND CHANCE

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It's been a long time since we last discussed the strange and terrifying world of SVH, but we're BACK! With an extra kidney, a special post-lockdown theme tune and a book all about....Kristin Thompson? Yes, it's the ultimate anticlimax as…
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#60 | THE PATMANS OF SWEET VALLEY

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It's Christmas, and you know what that means - it's time to go back in time to meet the ancestors of everyone's favourite douchebag, 1BRUCE1 himself! And it turns out that some of his relatives are more interesting than anyone at Sweet…
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#59 | WINTER CARNIVAL – LIVE!

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Roll up, roll up, it's our very first live show - and we're joined by a very special guest for the first time! Bestselling author Louise O'Neill is here to discuss a book in which Liz finally reaches the limit of her natural doormattery and…
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#58 | WHITE LIES

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Forget gambling and Liz's boarding school dreams - THIS has to be the most boring book in Sweet Valley history. And not just because it's all about John Pfeiffer (boo!). He's in love with Jennifer Mitchell, but she's in love with Rick…
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#57 | AGAINST THE ODDS

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Anna has previously claimed that this, along with the Liz in Switzerland book, is the most boring Sweet Valley title of all time, but we were pleasantly surprised when we got into the infamous story of Ronnie Edwards becoming a gambler. And…
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#56 | MURDER IN PARADISE

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It's Halloween! And that means a book that's special in more ways than one. Yes, you asked for it and we have delivered - it's super thriller Murder in Paradise! It's got a mysterious luxury spa! It's got a supervillain with a…
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#55 | OUT OF REACH

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It's a first for Sweet Valley as a person of colour takes centre stage (literally). So of course the book has to be all about "Being Chinese-American", as Jade Wu struggles to balance her love for her family with her dreams of dance stardom…
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#54 | PLAYING FOR KEEPS

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Watch out Jessica - you've got a rival for AJ's affections and, in keeping with the Sweet Valley motto, she won't take no for an answer! But Jessica can't beat sexy Pamela Janson at her own game, because she's still pretending to be a…
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#53 | SLAM BOOK FEVER

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It's a first for the podcast - a Sweet Valley book neither of us have read before now! And it was worth the wait, as we find out what happens when the Sweet Valley girls get SLAM BOOK FEVER, a whole new way to be gossipy bitchy wagons.…
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#52 | TROUBLEMAKER

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We are outraged by the cover of this week's book, in which the depiction of Bruce is not the pouting John Barrowman we know and love to hate! Who is this imposter?! Whoever he is, he's smooth talking Julie Porter, and tormenting her friend…