The Patmans of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley High Magna) [Import] [Paperback]

Francine Pascal (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Juvenile; Magna Ed edition (September 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553505750
• ISBN-13: 978-0553505757
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,925,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite one, December 30, 1999

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This review is from: The Patmans of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley High) (Paperback)

This was my favorite saga from the series. I loved hearing about Vanessa Saxton (Emma Elliot) and Katherine Richmond. Some of the parts were predictable, but that is how it was supposed to be! The two sides can't together until the very end, so you have to understand that point to get the book. I can't wait till a new saga comes out!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great saga, May 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Patmans of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley High) (Paperback)

Anyone who has enjoyed reading the popular Sweet Valley series will definitely enjoy this book solely based on the character of the wealthy Bruce Patman. This story explores the lives of his ancestors, both from the maternal and paternal sides of the family. I agree that some of the characters have short stories about them since there are just a bit too many characters that the author wants to discuss. These stories mostly deal with the topic of romance, but there are several which talk about real historical events that took place. A main focus is also how Bruce Patman became so wealthy and ended up living in Sweet Valley.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Cheesy Memories, December 12, 2011

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This review is from: The Patmans of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley High) (Paperback)

I must have read and reread this book at least a dozen times when I was in middle school, and man, it definitely didn't get better with age.

These Sagas take the innate, amazing cheese of the Sweet Valley books and combines it with historical events and sweeping generational stories. Think about it like historical romance novels for younger teens.

Bruce Patman is one of the more easy-to-hate Sweet Valley characters, so why the Pascal machine thought his family's story would interest us is a mystery. (Wait. That's a lie. The Fowlers and the Patmans were both wildly wealthy. We all love stories about rich, beautiful people. Just ask my BFF Cecily Von Zeiealskdjf.)

Starting out with a forbidden love in old England between a titled lady and a common stableboy, the Patman story sweeps across the ocean--exploring the Civil War, a Fitzgeraldian New England, and the Wild, Wild West. (The West is where the best passages of dialogue occur. Think of the cheesiest Western you've ever seen. Multiply that by six, and you have about one fifth of this book. So many "Darn Tootin'! Tarnation! There's a snake in my boot!" type exchanges that you want to turn the Auto-Western back off and read it normally. I think that maybe the coalition of writers had a contest to see who could be most stereotypically Western.)

Buy this if you were a Sweet Valley fan, or read this at any point while growing up . Don't buy this if you're not--you won't appreciate it like us.

(PSST. The Fowler one is WAY BETTER. Justsaying.)