Jessica Goes for Gold (Sweet Valley Twins) [Paperback]

Francine Pascal (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Sweet Valley Twins

For Jessica Wakefield, the upcoming California Games are the chance of a lifetime. As a member of the Sweet Valley Middle School cheerleading squad, Jessica's always known she's a super athlete. And now that she's earned a place on the school's gymnastics team, she's ready to prove her acrobatic skills to the whole state!



Jessica's sure she's good enough to win a gold medal at the games until she comes face-to-face with Dawn Maven, the star gymnast of a rival team. Dawn is strong, graceful, and ruthless. She'll do whatever it takes to win--and that includes sabotaging Jessica's performance!



Jessica wanted a fair competition. Will she have to play by Dawn's dirty rules to win?

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For Jessica Wakefield, the upcoming California Games are the chance of a lifetime. As a member of the Sweet Valley Middle School cheerleading squad, Jessica's always known she's a super athlete. And now that she's earned a place on the school's gymnastics team, she's ready to prove her acrobatic skills to the whole state!



Jessica's sure she's good enough to win a gold medal at the games until she comes face-to-face with Dawn Maven, the star gymnast of a rival team. Dawn is strong, graceful, and ruthless. She'll do whatever it takes to win--and that includes sabotaging Jessica's performance!



Jessica wanted a fair competition. Will she have to play by Dawn's dirty rules to win?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sweet Valley (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553570250
• ISBN-13: 978-0553570250
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,096,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, except for the sabotaging., July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jessica Goes for Gold (Sweet Valley Twins) (Paperback)

I think this was a pretty good book, except for the sabotaging. (person from South Africa, you're right: this book is a little silly cuz of the sabotaging). Jessica and Dawn didn't like each other at first, when they saw how good the other was at gymnastics and wanted to ruin their rountine, but when Jessica started going over to Dawn's school and helping her practice gymnastics, Dawn started softening up a little, and they became pretty good friends. Besides the sabotaging, this book was pretty good. I have to say: this is a MUST READ book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A VERY GOOD BOOK, April 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jessica Goes for Gold (Sweet Valley Twins) (Paperback)

I thought this was a really great book. I'm interested in gymnastics so this book was a great read. But what I didn't like about the book was all the sabotage. I thought it was really silly and immature. Like when Dawn put oil on Jessica's grips and then Jessica, in retaliation, put suger instead of chalk in the tray. I also thought it was weird that Jessica was such a champion in her team and that everyone thought that she'd take the team to the California Games, yet she'd never done it before in 6th grade. And this book is set in the 6th grade. I find it quite impossible for someone to be such a champ when she hadn't even done gymnastics before in the same grade!Well, I suppose, since it's Jessica Wakefield, she has to be good at everything she does.I also didn't like the way Jessica and the others treated Donald Zwerdling. They all acted like he was some kind of inferior being. Aside from that I thought it was a great book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Jessica in California Games,in Gymnastics!, April 21, 2005

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Kim Possible Finicatata "Jen" (Grand Blanc,MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jessica Goes for Gold (Sweet Valley Twins) (Paperback)

Jessica,Lila,Mary are all in Gymnastics to enter in the California Games. Jessica meets Dawn Maven,A Weston Middle School Girl,one day,as Jessica is practicing,she slips up. Dawn puts baby oil on the parallel bars and pretends that her leg is hurt to hide the baby oil. To get even,Jessica puts sugar in the chalk,to make Dawn slip off the parallel bars. She hurts her knee or leg. Jessica feels guilty,that She brings her a basket of stuff. Dawn is angry at Jess. They make up.